Falk

Defendant was accused in an information filed by the district attorney of Los Angeles County with a violation of Health and Safety Code, section 11500, in that she had in her possession cannabis sativa, commonly known as marijuana.

Following the entry of a plea of not guilty the cause proceeded to trial before a jury which found her guilty as charged. Following denial of a motion for a new trial judgment was pronounced.

Defendant prosecutes this appeal “from the judgment and verdict . . . and from the denial of defendant’s motion for a new trial . . . and from the sentence rendered . . .” Since no appeal is authorized from the verdict and sentence, the purported appeal therefrom must be dismissed (Pen. Code, § 1237; People v. Tallman, 27 Cal.2d 209, 215 [ 163 P.2d 857 ]).

The factual background surrounding this prosecution may be thus epitomized: On the night of July 25, 1951, Police Officer Diaz along with other officers was admitted to Apartment 8 in an apartment building located at 1144 South Sierra Bonita,'by one Jerrott Shepherd. A few minutes later, the defendant entered the apartment. The officers searched the apartment, and on the top shelf of a closet, among other…