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CHakC 3 OF TEs COURT Gentlemen, in this ease0 the Feople claim that the teopies' Savings Bank of Grend Haven, in this county, was rotbed ou the léth of august, 1933; that is a matter ordinarily thet would have to ba proven just like any other part of the case, But so far as the robbery is. | | conc3rmed, @ nunber of employeos of the bank have | = testified to it, and the res; ondent has brought here a witness on the defense who has testified to it, and that he took part in it, so the firat question that the bank was robbed, we may say is both proven by the Feople and admitted by the respondent, That is not a matter in ; dispute, You have no objection to that statement, have you, kr, Farsons? | a 7 " | MR, EARSONS; That is a eorrect stctement, your Honor. THE COURT: The keople furthor clein that on thet auy four men entored tha tenk and took part in robbing the bunk; and they claim that the respondent, Kr. Theodore Craig or Theoéora Bentz, es the name under which he is prosecuted here, wos ona of thosa four mon s The leople clain thet this responcent w-s one of the four men thuit entered the bank und took part in robbing the benk on the ltth day of august, how the resrondent claims that he is not guilty; he claims that he wes not in tha bank ut that tims or any other time, He claims that on the day in quastion he wes in . Chiesgo and he ciaims that he has an aliti, that is, that he - wis not thera, bit wis in Chiongo et the time the bank wes robbed, and has brought here witnesses to establish his cliim that he wes not present, how the law of this state :rovides that any persm@ who with intent to commit the crime of larceny, that mons with intent to steal, shall throuten to kill, injura - 149 - \