People v. Johnston

Appellant and one Hazel Parker were accused by information of the crime of violating subdivision 6 of section 337a of the Penal Code, in that they “did . . . lay, make, offer and accept a bet and bets and wager and wagers upon the result and purported result of a trial ... of speed and power of endurance between beasts, to-wit, horses’’. At a trial before the court without a jury appellant was found guilty. She now appeals from the order denying her motion for a new trial. There is also a purported appeal from the “judgment’’.

The case was presented to the superior court upon the transcript of…