Dockerty v. People

Plaintiffs in error were defendants below and will be so referred to in this opinion. They were convicted of aggravated robbery, and bring the case here on writ of error.

The facts as claimed by the people are briefly as follows : The automobile of C. W. Savery, a Denver business man, was stopped on a Denver street by an automobile driven in its path. The defendant Lombardi and one Melvin Benien appeared on opposite sides of Savery’s automobile, thrust pistols at Savery and ordered him from the car. As Savery alighted he was struck on the head by one of the holdups, whose gun was fired during…