Sanchez

The indictment charged the defendant with the crime of “criminal syndicalism” as defined by an act of the legislature of 1919. (Stats. 1919, p. 281.) The indictment is in the general language of the statute.

The defendant was convicted by a jury and the case was brought to this court by him on an appeal from the judgment.

No brief was filed by the defendant in support -of the appeal. The case was regularly placed upon the calendar of the March, 1922, term of this court for hearing and argument, and the attorneys of record for the defendant duly notified thereof. When the case was in the regular order called for argument, no appearance was made on behalf of the accused. The attorney-general thereupon submitted the case upon the record and no oral argument was, therefore, made in his behalf. No brief has since been filed by the defendant, nor has any application been made in his behalf for leave to file one.

[1] No showing having been made in support of the appeal, it is not incumbent upon this court to search the record for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not errors warranting a reversal occurred in the trial of the case. [2] We have, nevertheless, as is our usual custom…