State v. Hodgson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Jacobs, J.

The Appellate Division affirmed the defendant’s conviction of robbery (N. J. S. 2A:141-1) while armed (N. J. S. 2A:151-5). He appealed to this Court under R. R. 1:2-1 (a).

On October 2, 1959 there was a holdup in Solomon Facher’s tavern on Ferry Street, in Newark. At about 1:10 a. m., Facher and three patrons, John Meehan, Chris Eman and Vincent Czerwinski, were the only ones in the tavern when two men came in, drew their guns, and took the contents of the cash register and a metal box containing approximately $2,000 in cash and $3,000 in…