The Innocents (1964)
by Edward D. Radin

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Virgil Hogan

In what appeared to be a genuine case of a double causing a mistaken identification, Virgil Hogan, thirty-one, was cleared in August, 1962, after serving four years in the Indiana State Reformatory for a robbery his double had committed in Fort Wayne.

VIRGIL HOGAN, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Trial, January, 1958, Circuit Court; convicted by jury, armed robbery; sentence, 10 to 25 years. August, 1962, conviction set aside, indictment dismissed. Actual culprit identified. Imprisoned 4½ years. No compensation.