Commonwealth v. Lawson

Opinion by

Flood, J.,

The defendant Lawson was convicted of two armed robberies, one at a service station in McKeesport and the other, a week later, at a service station in North Braddock. His contentions are that (1) the evidence as to the McKeesport robbery was insufficient to warrant his conviction, (2) there should have been a sever anee of the two cases for trial, and (3) the court should have granted his motion for postponement of the trial of the indictment covering the North Braddock robbery.

The Commonwealth’s evidence was that the McKeesport robbery was perpetrated by two persons, one…