State v. Jones

SEILER, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction for armed robbery. The sentence was fixed by the court, Sec. 556.280, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S., being applicable, at 20 years’ imprisonment.

The appeal involves contentions of trial error: first, a claim of failure to prove venue; second, error in the state’s not *8producing two witnesses listed on the indictment, and, third, error in the prosecutor’s closing argument.

According to the state’s evidence there was a robbery and it took place this way: two men were playing pool at Joe’s Pool Room at 4239 Delmar. Defendant entered and…