Dehoog

The appellant and one Walter Dayly were charged by information, consisting of three counts, filed by the district attorney of Los Angeles County, with having on or about January 23, 1929, feloniously and burglariously entered the house of Abram Zaeharonsky, with intent to commit theft; with having robbed said Zaeharonsky, and also with having robbed Elizabeth Zaeharonsky. Dayly testified for the People, admitting that he and another man committed all three offenses, but exonerating DeHoog from any participation therein. Both defendants were convicted, and the last-named defendant appealed.

It appears that on the date mentioned, at about 6:45 P. M., two men drove in an automobile to the residence in question, went upon the porch, cut the front screen door, and rang the bell, to which Zacharonsky responded. As the door opened, each of them thrust a revolver in the proprietor’s face, and said: “Throw up your hands; turn around; shut your eyes,” and the door was quickly closed. Mrs. Zacharonsky entered the front room, and as she did so the intruders compelled her and her husband to proceed to a room adjoining, sat them on a bed, and tearing a sheet into strips, placed gags in their…