PEOPLE v. WOODS

Docket No. Crim. 5063.

35 Cal.2d 504 (1950)

218 P.2d 981

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CHARLES H. WOODS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 31, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chotiner & Chotiner and Murray M. Chotiner for Appellant.

Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Kent C. Rogers, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondents.


GIBSON, C.J.

In count one of an information, defendant Woods was charged with receiving a bet on the outcome of a horse race, in violation of Penal Code, section 337a, subdivision 3. Count two charged that defendant kept and occupied an automobile with a book and papers for the purpose of recording a wager, in violation of subdivision 2 of the same section. A jury found the defendant guilty on both counts and he was sentenced to be imprisoned in the county jail for...

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