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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Feb 28, 1911

Joseph G. Robin Declared Sane

A jury specially drawn to determine the question, declared Joseph G. Robin sane. The verdict was in direct opposition to the evidence of five alienists, who declared Robin, an indicted banker, insane and unable to advise with counsel. Judge Swann, in General Sessions, said the jury's decision "was a common, horse-sense verdict, and any other would mean that we might as well turn all prisoners in our city prison loose." Robin must consequently stand trial on eight indictments charging larceny in connection with the closing of the Northern Bank and the Washington Savings Bank.