In Re Bertrand

On April 27, 1938, an information was filed in the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco charging petitioner herein with a violation of section 1, chapter 339, of the Statutes of 1923, in that on or about April 11, 1938, he did, in said city and county of San Francisco, “wilfully, unlawfully, knowingly and feloniously possess an instrument and weapon of the kind commonly known and designated as a blackjack.” Said information also alleged that on or about July 18, 1920, the said Edward Bertrand had been “received at San Quentin Penitentiary, having been convicted in the County…