Crawford v. State

Tunnell, Justice:

On the 21st day of April, 1952, in the Sussex County Superior Court, a jury found Charles William Crawford (hereinafter referred to as “Crawford” or simply as “defendant”), and two codefendants, George Washington Moore and Elwood Willin, respectively, guilty of the crime of robbery as defined by Para. 5176, Revised Code of Delaware, 1935. A motion for a new trial having been made, considered and denied, all three defendants were sentenced to pay fines and serve terms of imprisonment. The defendants had been represented by counsel at the trial, but on the 8th day of July,…