PEOPLE v. CHAMBERLAIN

Docket No. 4405.

96 Cal.App.2d 178 (1950)

214 P.2d 600

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ALMON DEAN CHAMBERLAIN et al., Defendants; JOSEPH H. WRIGHT, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Three.

February 21, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gladys Towles Root for Appellant.

Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Norman H. Sokolow, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


WOOD, J.

Appellant Wright and one Chamberlain were charged with grand theft. Trial was by jury. At the close of plaintiff's case, the information was dismissed as to Chamberlain upon motion of the district attorney. Wright was convicted, and he appeals from the judgment. He contends that the evidence was insufficient to support the judgment.

On January 18, 1949, while Leon Furra, the victim, was tending bar in his tavern known as the Paddock Cafe, and while...

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