Ralph

Each of the three defendants in these consolidated eases pleaded guilty to charges of committing robbery while armed with a deadly weapon. The court thereupon “Upon a statement of facts and by stipulation of counsel” found the crimes to be robbery of the first degree, granted the requests of defendants for leave to file applications for probation, and set a time (later postponed) for hearings upon such applications and for the pronouncement of judgments and sentences. The record shows that defendant Cant-Ion was then 18 years of age and defendants Ralph and Chandler were each 20. On March 31, 1943, the day to which such hearings were continued, each defendant moved, under the provisions of the Youth Authority Act (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 1700-1783) to be certified to the Youth Correction Authority (now known as the Youth Authority) pursuant to the terms of section 1731.5 of the act. The court denied the motions for such certification, as well as the applications for probation, and sentenced each defendant to the state prison for the term prescribed by law (Pen. Code, § 1168). From the judgment and sentence against him each defendant appeals.

The sole contention advanced is that…