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George Baby Face Nelson — Part 3

228 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Aug 17, 1934 · Broad topic: Famous Crimes & Fugitives · Topic: George Baby Face Nelson · 228 pages OCR'd
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rere, oS ose LC van entitled to the banefit of that doubt and you should acquit bim, fhe burden of proof never shifts from the :eople to the Aespondent, but it upon the szeople throughout to establish evory essential element of the offense, lkow there ars only two elements in this case; First, that the benk was robbed, which is admitteds end the. ssconc, that the Resjondent wis present ‘and was one of ‘the Be robbars, Now in this case the seoplo hava offered here the testimony of thres of the employeos of the ‘bank to the effect thet they saw the res;ondent in the bank and that he was one of the robbers and that they positively identify him, They havo also offered the testimony of &@ man working across the — stroat in the McClellan Store; he testifies that he paw the respondent and the respondent is one of the men thet took part in roibing the bank. Mr, Dewitt, the Chief of lolice in this city has teen ezlled to testify, and he testifies in substance that the respondont told hin that the respondent's brother was in the bank, w.s one of tha robbers, und that his brothar wag indatted to hin end in order to pay him off, turnod over to him soma ninotecn hundred or two thous nd @ollurs in cicth of this bunk. ir, svans, from Hamsond, indiuna, testifies ha euched one of the cheeks in ths store whora he was ariplo; ad 4n Haiwnond where he claiss ths respondent bought a hate iow the respondent horo has offered the testimony of some eix witness 03,4 Ho has offared the testimony of ur. Bailey, Mr, Shugan, kr. hnuth, to the effect that he was in Chicago . at a cortain apartmect on this day in question and was not here at all. Now it a,peara that these witnesses testified positively that he ws there in Chic.go, and they elain that pafors testifying that they tulked or e:lled up, ona of than did, hrs, Rhodes or Rohrar, who had charge of ths apurtnont,
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