State v. Schooley

After a change of venue from Jefferson County, appellant was tried in Wayne County and convicted of the crime of robbery in the first degree. He ivas jointly charged with others, but was separately tried. The jury assessed his punishment at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of ten years and he has appealed from the judgment entered on said verdict.

At about 11:30 o’clock in the forenoon of Saturday, September 25, 1926, three armed men entered the Citizens Bank of Festus in Jefferson County. One guarded the lobby and overawed the customers, while the other two passed behind the…