Watson

Defendant was convicted by a jury of violating the Dangerous Weapons Control Law (Pen. Code, § 12021). * He has appealed from the judgment and the order denying his motion for a new trial.

At approximately 5 p. m., on April 16, 1958, Officer Deemer and his partner, Officer Fimple, went to 747 East Adams, in Los Angeles, where they found defendant in bed in a room on the second floor. Upon pulling the covers back, they discovered a fully loaded automatic with a shell in the chamber and a loaded .38 revolver lying approximately an inch from his hand. Beside the guns was a handkerchief, folded and tied, that contained some 10 .38 shells. Defendant told Officer *298 Deemer that “these guns belonged to him”; that “he had been having some trouble with a guy”; and that he kept the guns “for his protection.” Defendant made similar statements to Officer Pimple a few minutes after his arrest, in the police car in front of the house. Defendant also stated that he obtained the guns through a gambling transaction. It was stipulated that defendant had been convicted of grand theft, a felony, in December, 1950, in Alameda County.

At the trial, defendant denied possession of, or any knowledge…