State v. Murray

In the Circuit Court of Jackson County, October 1, 1925, the defendants were found guilty of robbery in the first degree and the punishment of each assessed at twenty-five years in the state penitentiary. The court rendered judgment in accordance with the verdicts, and both defendants appealed.

On April 6, 1925, one H. H. Southward was employed by Lerner Grocer Company. A part of his duty was to take the money of the company to the bank for deposit. On that day, about nine o’clock, he started with $112.50 in cash, and $83 in checks, intending to go to the Commerce Trust Company at the corner…