State v. Abbott

245 S.W.2d 876 (1952)

STATE

v.

ABBOTT et al.

No. 42639.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

February 11, 1952.

J. Grant Frye, Cape Girardeau, for appellants.

J. E. Taylor, Atty. Gen., Lawrence L. Bradley, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

CONKLING, Presiding Judge.

Thurman Abbott and Clarence Maddox, defendants-appellants, were jointly tried upon a charge of robbery in the first degree, for taking $65.00 from Rusby Seabaugh. They were found guilty by a jury and the punishment of each was assessed at ten years imprisonment in the state penitentiary. From that judgment they have appealed. We have…