People v. Barnum

COUGHLIN, J. pro tem. *

A market, drugstore and post office in Buttonwillow, California, were burglarized in the early morning of November 26, 1955, at about 4 o’clock. Shortly thereafter, the local office of the sheriff sent out an alarm; a road block was set up on Buttonwillow Highway; a few minutes later a deputy sheriff observed an automobile going easterly along this highway and gave chase; the automobile increased its speed; its lights were turned off and on; the sheriff’s car increased its speed up to 85 miles per hour and displayed a red light for a mile and a half and sounded a siren…