People v. Feolo

The four defendants — Feolo, Mastrone, Brabson and Summerfeld — have been convicted of murder in the first degree. The crucial question is whether the trial judge abused his discretion when he denied to Feolo, Mastrone and Brabson a trial disconnected from the issue as against Summerfeld.

Early on the morning of September 14,1931, three hold-up men entered a speakeasy at 18 East Thirteenth street, Manhattan, city of New York. Two of them drew guns and commanded the proprietor and his patrons to put up their hands. While the third intruder was taking a pocketbook from a patron, Sergeant Timothy…