People v. Massett

The appellant was jointly indicted with Charles Cornell and Joseph Lull for robbery in the first degree. The indictment charges that these three men, by the use of violence, robbed John O’Byrne of a sum amounting to $34. The defendants were jointly tried, and the jury, under the proof submitted to them for their consideration", rendered the extraordinary verdict acquitting the defendants Cornell and Lull, and convicting the appellant Massett of robbery in the third degree. The evidence upon the part of the people consisted principally of the testimony of the complainant John O’Byrne; and, as…