Hilligoss v. State

This is an appeal from a conviction of the offense of armed robbery. Trial was by jury resulting in a verdict of guilty. Appellant assigns as error in this Court the overruling of his motion for a new trial.

The record in this case discloses the following:

At about 11:00 P.M. on the night of September 29, 1967, one Agnes B. Good, the prosecuting witness, who was the owner and manager of A. Good Package Liquor Store in Anderson, Indiana, was preparing to close the store when a man later identified by her as the appellant came in and purchased a half pint of whiskey. He paid for his purchase,…