Commonwealth v. Cohan

The defendant was indicted, together with one Costa and others, for the crime of armed robbery. Costa and the defendant were arraigned. and tried together, and the jury returned as to each of them a verdict of guilty. The case comes before us on the exceptions of Cohan alone to the admission of certain evidence at the trial.

There was evidence that on March 14, 1940, at about 11:15 p.m. one Wedderburn, while walking home, was held up and robbed by five men. "One of the men held and pointed a nickel plated revolver at him; another stole his watch, chain and a small knife from his pockets; and a…