John L. Barringer v. United States

With the help of an accomplice, appellant, armed with a gun, entered a corner grocery store where they confronted the proprietor and his wife with the gun. They obtained $15.00 from the proprietor’s pocket, and $35.00 from the cash register, $19.00 of which was delivered by the wife at the husband’s direction. In the course of trying to effect his escape in the street outside the store after the robbery was completed, appellant shot and wounded a policeman.

The indictment charged, in separate counts, robbery of the owner and robbery of his wife. It also contained two counts of assault with a…