People v. Carson

Defendant was convicted in a trial to the court of two offenses: (1) for gain or hire, keeping and occupying a store, with books, papers, paraphernalia, etc., for the purpose of recording bets on horse races, and (2) for gain, hire, etc., recording and registering a bet or bets on horse races, in violation of section 337a, subdivisions 2 and 4 of the Penal Code. He was sentenced to terms in the county jail to run consecutively and he appeals from the judgments.

Defendant’s principal contention is that the evidence was insufficient to prove either offense. There was evidence of the following…