Supreme Court of Missouri May 23, 1927 (State v. Holmes)

lead-opinion

Appellant was convicted of robbery in the first degree, was sentenced to a term of ten years in the penitentiary, and has appealed. Appellant offered no testimony. Only three witnesses were offered by the State. The uncontradicted evidence is that in February, 1924, two men answered an advertisement of S.H. Newell and wife that they had diamonds for sale.