People v. Russo

Defendant, in the Court of General Sessions of the County of New York, was convicted of the crime of robbery in the first degree and sentenced to State prison for not less than ten nor more than twenty years. The indictment charged defendant with robbery, assault, grand larceny, and receiving stolen goods, but the case was submitted to the jury only on the count chargmg robbery m the first degree.

The issue of fact in the case was the identification of defendant as one of two men ■— the other unapprehended and unknown —■ who on the morning of August 12, .1936, held up the bookkeeper of Carbone…