People v. Chambers

Defendant-appellant was convicted by a jury of attempted burglary (second degree) on Saturday, January 4, 1958, of a doctor’s office at 526 W. 17th Street, in Santa Ana. The doctor left his office about noon on that day and, as best he could remember, the windows were closed and the screens locked in place. When he returned the following Monday one window was ajar an inch or two, the window crank was not functioning and the screen was lying neatly against the interior wall on the floor. There was a little debris or dirt on the window sill which he did not believe was there previously. A…