People v. Marks

MURPHEY, J., pro tem.

The information filed by the district attorney of the county of Los Angeles in this case contained two counts, count one charging the defendants with conspiring to commit the crime of extortion and count two charging the defendants with conspiring to falsely maintain an action or suit. After a trial had on the information, the jury returned a verdict finding the defendant Nichols guilty under each count of the information and thereafter the court pronounced judgment granting her probation for five years on count one, and sentencing her to the county jail of Los Angeles…