People v. Davis

In an information filed by the district attorney defendant was accused in count 1 of a violation of subdivision 2 of section 337a of the Penal Code, which denounces as a crime the keeping or occupancy of a place with books, papers, devices or paraphernalia for the purpose of record ing or registering bets or wages upon the result of any horse race. Count 2 charged a violation of subdivision 4 of the same section, which makes it unlawful for any person to record or register a bet or bets upon the outcome of a horse race. A jury trial was waived and the issues submitted by stipulation upon the…