PEOPLE v. ALLEN

Docket No. 1470.

189 Cal.App.2d 706 (1961)

11 Cal. Rptr. 440

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ROBERT ALLEN et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District.

March 3, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edgar G. Langford and J. Perry Langford for Appellants.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, and William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent.


GRIFFIN, P.J.

Defendants appeal from judgments of conviction of conspiracy to commit theft and attempted grand theft. They also appeal from orders denying their motion for a new trial.

The evidence discloses that defendants attempted to steal money from Lewis Compton by means of a confidence scheme known as the "Jamaican switch." According to the testimony of a police officer who qualified as an expert on the subject, the Jamaican switch is a method by which...

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