People v. Brown

Scott Brown and Roscoe Hannah were found guilty by a jury of armed robbery and sentenced to serve twenty to forty years in the penitentiary.

The defendants entered the Royal Hand Laundry, operated by Benjamin Brodkin and his wife, on a late afternoon in February 1966. They jumped over the front counter and while Hannah pointed a gun at the Brodkins, Brown emptied the cash register of $100.00 in bills, loose and wrapped change, and a check made out to the laundry. Mrs. Brodkin was pushed into the rear room; as soon as the men left she ran out the back door and started screaming.

Two police…