Gaylord

People v. Gaylord

Good Law
104 Cal. App. 466·1930 Cal. App. LEXIS 1004·285 P. 1066
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMarch 13, 1930Docket No. 1554.California635 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Tyler, J.

Appellant was charged by information with the crime of robbery. Pie was tried and convicted of robbery in the second degree. Motion for a new trial was made and denied. This is an appeal from the judgment and order.

As grounds for reversal appellant assigns misconduct of the district attorney and alleged error in the admission of certain evidence. The facts show that one Andrew Ababurke was on the twenty-first day of May, 1929, held up and robbed by two men at the entrance to his home at 1857 Larkin Street, San Francisco. He was relieved of his pocketbook, which contained a sum of money. Appellant and one Earle were arrested the following day as the perpetrators of the crime. Both parties admitted that they had committed the offense and appellant consented to take the officers to the place where the purse was hidden. Certain police officers accompanied him to the locality indicated, where the purse and appellant’s overcoat were found. After the recovery of the articles named the officers proceeded with appellant to the police station, where he signed a written confession of his guilt. Earle also signed a statement to the effect that he and appellant had committed the crime; that…

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