State v. Bagges

— In tbe circuit court of tbe City of St. Louis, Missouri, the appellant was convicted of the crime of robbery in the first degree, and his punishment was assessed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for ten years.

On March 5, 1941, a man rang the doorbell of a residence located at 5261 Waterman Avenue, in St. Louis, and Mrs. Betty Howard answered the bell. He asked her if she was Mrs. Howard and then pushed her aside, and entered the house, followed by two men. He had a gun in his hand and forced her to lie down with her face to the floor. One of the other men was also armed, and he…