State v. Gilmore

Appellant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Greene County, Missouri, of the crime of robbery with a dangerous and deadly weapon. The punishment assessed was ten years' imprisonment in the penitentiary. Appellant filed a motion for a new trial, which was overruled by the court and thereafter appellant was sentenced. From this judgment he appealed.

The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict of the jury was not questioned. A short statement of the case will, therefore, suffice. On the night of May 21, 1933, three men entered a filling station, which was being operated by one Jack…