State v. Rafferty

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.;

In this action the defendant was convicted of a violation of G. S. 1935; 21-531, and appeals.

On June 24, 1935, about 9:30 in the morning two unmasked men robbed the Farmers State Bank, of Blue Mound, Kan., of a large sum of money. The robbery was committed with the aid of firearms. The robbers came to the scene of the crime and fled from it in a Chevrolet automobile. Some distance from Blue Mound they abandoned this car and stole another. They then fled across the state line and after some days the defendant was apprehended in Missouri.

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