People v. Costello

The defendant Costello was tried jointly with Avelino and Raleigh before a jury upon an information charging them with robbery. The jury returned separate verdicts finding each of the defendants guilty of robbery in the first degree, the crime having been committed while each of the defendants was armed with a deadly weapon. From the judgments following these verdicts and from the orders denying each of the defendants a new trial they have appealed separately, but by stipulation the three appeals have been presented upon a single typewritten record.

At about 10 o’clock P. M. of June 19, 1926,…