People v. Maloney

WOOD (W. J.), J., pro tem.

Defendant was tried by a jury and convicted of the crime of robbery. On the night of December 18, 1927, two men entered the room of one Romolo Leon and aroused him from his sleep. One of them carried a revolver which he held against Leon’s stomach. Leon was robbed of the sum of $74 and a watch and chain, a $50 bill being part of the money taken. The next morning Leon recognized the defendant in a barber-shop as one of the robbers and called the police. At the trial he positively identified defendant as the man who had held the revolver. Officer Steventon testified…