MEYER, J.:
This case involves an elaborate hoax perpetrated by means of a faked robbery of the Hudson Oil Company Station No. 7 at Wichita, Kansas. Criminal charges were brought against Oliver E. Chilcote (appellant) and others; trial was to the court sitting without a jury. Appellant appeals from his conviction and sentence for felony theft.
Appellant's first claim of error is that the trial judge assumed a prosecutorial role in the proceedings and thereby...
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