People v. Meile

THOMPSON (IRA F.), J.

The defendants were charged by information filed by the district attorney of Los Angeles County with the crime of robbery. The jury returned a verdict of guilty against the defendant William Dyer, who prosecutes this appeal from the judgment and from an order denying his motion for a new trial. The defendant Meile was found not guilty.

That a robbery was committed is not in dispute. On the second day of April, 1928, W. L. Rowley and Mr. Donuer, employees of the Pan-American Petroleum Company, started to go to the bank for the purpose of depositing the day’s receipts. They…