People v. Richardson

Defendants were jointly charged by information, tried, and convicted of the crime of robbery. Appellant was found guilty of robbery in the first degree and his co-defendant (not appealing) in the second degree. The appeal is from the judgment and order denying a motion for a new trial.

The prosecuting witness testified that appellant and his co-defendant driving a Chevrolet touring car crowded him into the curbing of the street upon which he was driving in his Ford car and that they then beat and robbed him by means of pistols. The defendants were arrested in their rooms two days later. A search of the apartment resulted in finding two pistols and also articles identified by the owner of the Chevrolet as having been in the car when it was stolen shortly before the robbery.

Appellant, who appears for himself, raises numerous points upon this appeal, many of which have been previously settled. The record on the appeal from this judgment does not show whether or not defendant was legally committed by a magistrate prior to the filing of the information. The record upon this appeal properly enough does not include proceedings prior to the information. It is claimed that the record…