State v. Cookson

BARRETT, Commissioner.

John F. Cookson, with a prior felony conviction, has been found guilty of robbery in the first degree and sentenced to twelve years’ imprisonment. Without regard to the appellant’s connection with the offense, the basic facts are that on the 29th day of December 1960, as Mary and Gilbert Griesha-ber, operators of Gip’s Tavern, drove onto the parking lot at the rear of their tavern they were held up by masked gunmen and robbed of $6,000. The robbers escaped in a stolen automobile and the Grieshabers were unable to identify them or furnish clues as to their identity. Seven…