Judge Acquits Tilley Of '48 Coop Robbery

Benjamin F. Tilley, charged with being an accessory after the fact to the $50,000 Coop robbery in January 1948, was found not guilty in Middlesex Superior Court yesterday on a directed verdict by Judge Vincent Brogna.

Tilley was released largely on the testimony of Anthony J. Novicki, one of five men now serving sentences for the theft.