State v. Ball

An information was filed in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County by which defendant, Roy Schooley, F.L. Smith, Fred Weingaertner, and three other men, under the fictitious names of John Doe, Richard Roe and Henry Roe, were Jointly charged with the robbery of a bank, or robbery in the first degree. Defendant took a severance, and was granted a change of venue to the Circuit Court of Reynolds County. Upon trial in that court, he was found guilty, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for eight years. From the judgment and sentence, he has perfected this appeal.

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