People v. Owens

Plaintiff was convicted of 14 counts of grand theft and 17 counts of violation of Penal Code, section 337a, subdivision 3. He appeals from the verdict and judgment and the order denying his motion for a new trial.

Defendant represented to a number of businessmen that he was an ex-jockey and belonged to a jockeys’ association; that at least once in every meet there was a jockey race, or a fixed race, so that unemployed jockeys could themselves place bets on this particular race and have a select clientele for whom they could also place bets. Defendant explained that his clients gave him various…