People v. Simon

The defendant has been convicted of the crime of robbery in the first degree. It is claimed that, with the aid of an accomplice, he entered a jewelry store in the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, and robbed the proprietors of ten trays of jewelry. The happening of the robbery is not controverted. The defendant claims he did not participate in it. The question litigated was the question of identity and upon that question the evidence was .extremely close. The proprietors of the store, two apparently fair-minded, intelligent men, testified that the defendant was one of the men who…