State v. Reich

Convicted of robbery in the first degree and sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment in the penitentiary, defendant appeals.

On the afternoon of the 7th of June, 1920, appellant, with James Benson, James Brendle and Arthur Germer, who were jointly charged with him, appeared at the branch office of the Pevely Dairy Company, 5675 Delmar Avenue, in the city of St. Louis, and robbed the cashier, Cora M. Kinder, of one thousand, five hundred and fifty dollars. On the same afternoon all of the defendants were apprehended, and appellant confessed his part in the robbery. It appears from the testimony…