People v. Hurley

WOOD (Fred B.), J.

Convicted of first degree robbery, defendant claims insufficiency of the evidence and errors of law during the trial.(1) Is the evidence identifying defendant as a participant sufficient? Yes.

The robbery took place in a tavern between 9 and 10 in the evening. It was perpetrated by one Murphy * who took the leading part, issuing the orders and wielding a gun, assisted by a person who picked up the money and was identified as defendant Hurley by two eyewitnesses, Maloney the bartender and Gately, one of the guests.

Coneededly, defendant and Murphy had been friends for a good…