People v. Ross

Appellant and two codefendants, Jeter and Hampton, were convicted by a jury of violating Penal Code, section 211: robbery. Jeter and Hampton have not appealed.

The victim of the robbery (Stoskopf), riding a streetcar from the city of Downey to Los Angeles, shared a drink of whiskey with appellant from a bottle he was carrying and as a consequence appellant guided Stoskopf to a poolhall where Stoskopf started to play a game of pool with a man other than appellant. Stoskopf abruptly terminated the play when some money he had left in a pocket on the table disappeared without explanation. Stoskopf…