People v. Farrell

Appellant and his brother Raymond were accused by information of robbery. Raymond pleaded guilty and after trial appellant was convicted by the court without a jury and sentenced to prison for the term prescribed by law. This is an appeal from such judgment.

About noon on September 26, 1950, John Hirsch, an armed guard messenger for an armored transport company, called at a suburban market on West Slauson Avenue, received a sealed canvas bag and made Ms exit through the rear door. As he emerged from the building he was “poked in the back” by a strange man who held a trench coat over his right…