People v. Henderson

This is an appeal from a judgment of the court without a jury finding the defendant guilty on charges growing out of an attempted robbery, and from the order denying a motion for a new trial.

About 1:30 a. m. on December 29, 1947, two men wearing overcoats and hats, and having flesh-colorecl stocking hoods over their heads, entered a café in Altadena and ordered the persons present to face the bar and put up their hands. One carried a sawed-off .410 single barrel shotgun, the other a pistol. As the proprietor, employees and patrons were obeying the order, the shotgun was discharged by one of…