Judgment reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered.
Several errors combined to deny defendant a fair trial. During her summation, the prosecutrix commented on matters unsupported by the record which encouraged the jury to speculate that certain items of jewelry taken from the defendant upon his arrest were stolen from the complainant during the robbery but which, it appears, were never, in fact, recovered...
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