People v. Felix

Defendants and appellants were jointly charged with a felony, to wit, possession of a blackjack. They were tried without a jury and found guilty. Their appeal is taken from the judgment of conviction. But one point is made upon this appeal and that is that the evidence is insufficient as to any of the defendants to justify the conviction. The defendants concede that the instrument found in the car was a blackjack as defined by the Dangerous Weapons Control Law of 1923, as amended (Deering’s Gen. Laws, 1937, vol. 1, Act 1970, p. 993 [Stats. 1923, p. 695]).

The evidence shows that on the night…