People v. Steinfeld

Defendant was charged by information with the crime of violating subdivision 2 of section 337a of the Penal Code in that he kept and occupied a room for the *281purpose of recording wagers on horse races. He was found guilty at a trial by the court without a jury and prosecutes the preseht appeal from the judgment of conviction.

From the evidence presented by the prosecution it appears that defendant was arrested on August 19, 1939, in a room at the rear of a barber shop at 4370 West Adams Street in the city of Los Angeles. When the officers arrived there were about ten persons in the room and…