State v. Drapeau

Appellant was convicted of the robbery of one Henry Buckhart, and appeals, from the judgment and an order overruling his motion for a new trial. He pleaded not guilty, and claimed an alibi. It appears that one Mason had been charged with participating in the same robbery, had pleaded guilty, and had been sentenced to the penitentiary, whence he was returned upon order of the trial- court to testify against appellant. His testimony, given with great reluctance, was, in substance, that Drapeau lived in Yankton, at the south end of Pearl street, next to the river; that on the night of the…