Raymond John Wagner, Anthony Joseph Cambiano and Donald Vandergrift v. United States

On December 19; 1955, the postmaster and assistant postmaster of Bellflower, California, were robbed of $19,342.87 in cash belonging to the United States. Raymond John Wagner, Anthony Joseph Cambiano, and Donald Vandergrift were jointly indicted for this offense. It was charged that in committing the crime they assaulted and put in jeopardy the lives of the two postal officials.

The three defendants were tried together, but the jury was unable to reach a verdict. A second jury trial was had, resulting in verdicts of guilty against all three. Judgments of conviction were then entered, each defendant being sentenced to imprisonment for twenty-five years. They join in this appeal, raising several questions for our consideration.

Three of the specifications of error relate to appellants’ unsuccessful efforts before and during the trial to obtain the residence address of persons called for jury service.

Prior to the trial appellants’ counsel requested permission from the clerk of the district court to see the clerk’s card list of persons called for jury service. This list contained the names and addresses of persons then under call for jury service. According to appellants, it also…