Brown

Defendants Charles M. Brown, Tony Catón, Cora Craddock, Charlie Fleming, John M. Fleming, Lorene Fleming, Hable C. Haley, John HeGuwan, Johnnie Price, Erenthia V. Woolfolk, Bessie H. Smith and Roy Young were each convicted by the court of two offenses, conspiracy to conduct a lottery (Pen. Code, §§320, 321, 322, 323) and to engage in bookmaking (Pen. Code, § 337a), in violation of Penal Code, section 182, subdivision 1, and bookmaking, in violation of Penal Code, section 337a, subdivision 1. By stipulation the case was submitted to the court on the testimony contained in the transcript of the preliminary hearing. John Fleming was sentenced to prison. The other 11 defendants received county jail sentences and fines. All 12 defendants appeal and all urge the same contentions. They maintain (1) that evidence introduced against them was illegally secured because the affidavit supporting the search warrant used to secure the evidence was insufficient; (2) that disclosure of the identity of an informant should have been required; (3) that insufficient evidence was introduced to prove the charge of conspiracy.

Defendants were arrested after an extended investigation of their activities…