People v. Louzon

Edward Louzon, Richard Sen and Archie Long were tried together and found guilty of robbery not armed. They appealed from the jury’s verdicts, judgments entered thereon, and denial of motions for a new trial.

While at work at the Lancaster theater in River Rouge, Michigan, around 2 a.m. on March 26, 1951, Otto Agnew, a janitor, was overpowered by 3 men, 1 of whom pressed a hard round object against his body and made him open the manager’s office. Subsequently he was confined in the men’s room and from there heard the hammering of the robbers in their attempt to open a safe. The robbers worked…