People v. Jefferson

The defendants were jointly tried and convicted of robbery of the first degree. It is contended the story of the prosecuting witness is inherently improbable, that the verdicts and judgment are not supported by the evidence, and that the court erred in failing to instruct the jury with respect to the crime of theft incident to the charge of robbery.

Mrs. Alma Robinson, the prosecuting witness, is a young negro woman who worked as a maid at a rooming house called “Cozy Rooms” in Marysville. The afternoon of October 5, 1938, she walked down D Street to a store, and soon returned toward her home.…