People v. Carroll

The defendant was charged with the crime of burglary in having entered a pool room in La Habra, with the intent to commit theft. It appears, without question, that this pool room was entered on the night of July 17, 1946, by someone who effected an entry by breaking a skylight, and that about $400 in cash, $900 in checks, and .38-caliber Ivar Johnson revolver were stolen therefrom. About ten days later, the defendant sold this revolver to a man named Rios at a street corner in Los Angeles. The defendant was later arrested and prosecuted. A jury found him guilty of this burglary and he has…