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STATE v. HOAG

21 N.J. 496 (1956)

122 A.2d 628

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. WILLIAM HOAG, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 14, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert E. Knowlton, of the Iowa Bar, argued the cause for appellant (Mr. George Warren, attorney).

Mr. William J. Arnold, Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor, argued the cause for the State (Mr. Guy W. Calissi, Bergen County Prosecutor, attorney; Mr. William C. Brudnick, Special Assistant Prosecutor, on the brief).

The opinion of the court was delivered by WACHENFELD, J.

At about 3 P.M. in the afternoon of September 20, 1950, three or four patrons, one of whom was Elmer S. Yager, were seated at the bar of Gay's Tavern on Bergen Boulevard in Fairview, New Jersey, sipping beer and observing a telecast of a baseball game. The tranquility of that scene was interrupted by three men, each carrying a gun, entering through the front door of the tavern. One of them brusquely announced...

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