Sanders
People v. Sanders
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Langdon, J.
The defendant appeals from a judgment entered upon a verdict of a jury finding her guilty of the crimes of robbery and assault.
The prosecuting witness, W. R. Brookes, lived in Downieville, California. He came' to San Francisco and met defendant about a week before the date of the commission of the crimes charged, which was October 20, 1924. On said date, he had breakfast with her at a restaurant in San Francisco and while there wrote out a check for $200. He then called for a taxicab and defendant asked that No. 102 of the Checker Taxicab Company be called. This taxicab arrived, driven by Jack O’Connor, who was also charged with assaulting and robbing Brookes. Defendant and Brookes were driven to the bank, where defendant cashed his check. That afternoon Brookes and the defendant went to the theater together and then went on a shopping tour in the taxicab driven by O’Connor and then to a restaurant for dinner and to the apartment of the defendant. O’Con-nor was invited into the apartment also, and the trio drank intoxicating liquor. Later, Brookes was driven by O’Con-nor to a club where more intoxicating liquor was consumed by them and then Brookes was driven to his hotel. He…