The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-12-04
|kRILL ACQUITTED.
Man Accused Of Snatching
Prudential's Satchel Given
Benefit of the Doubt.
QUESTION OF IDENTIFICATION
Miss Rickerich Positive He
Was the Thief Others
Say Not.

On the question of identification depend
ed the acquittal or conviction of John
Krill, who was tried in the Court of Gen
eral Sessions yesterday afternoon. The
| indictment charged him with highway
robbery in having snatched satchel con-
tanning $166S belong to the Prudential In
ssurance Company, from tn hand of Miss
! Laura Rickerish. as she was ascending
| the steps of the Hudson County National
/ Bank, at one o'clock on the afternoon Of
/ July II last.
| Miss Rickerish and two other reputable
| witnesses who had witnessed the robbery
| swore positively that Krill was the man
l who snatched the Satchel, ran down
| Washington to Grand Streets through the
! gateway in front of the Free Reformed
Church, to an alleyway at the side of the
| church and over a fence to Sussex street.
Three equally reputable witnesses pro-
duced by the defence, who had joined in
| the chase after the fleeing thief, swore
with equal positiveness that Krill was
not the man.
With this remarkable contradictory tes-
timony, given on both sides with evident
! honesty of intent there was nothing left
| for the Court to do but to give the ac-
| cused the benefit of the doubt and grant
| the defendant counsePs motion for the
| direction of verdict of acquittal.
| This was accordingly done, and John
Krill shortly afterwards left the county
| jail, where he has been confined since
'uiy iast awaiting trial, much abused
or very lucky man.
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