People v. Stetz

Jaycox, J.:

This is a very peculiar and interesting case. The facts are practically undisputed. The question that the jury was called upon to determine was the inference to be drawn from the facts.

*224The defendant was accused of having robbed one Frank Tierney of certain personal property. That the acts constituting the alleged robbery were performed by the defendant is undisputed. He admits that on the night in question, the 2d day of March, 1922, he did take from the said Tierney his watch and some other personal property; that at the time of said taking he was accompanied by another person,…