People v. Silvers

Defendant was convicted of violating Penal Code section 337a, subdivision 4 in that on or about October 22, 1960, he recorded and registered a bet upon the result of a football game. He has appealed from the judgment.

Prior to the date above mentioned, Officer Briggs of the Los Angeles Police Department received an anonymous complaint that bookmaking was being conducted by a person known as “Al” who was described as a male Caucasian in his early thirties; that he was taking wagers on football games at a public telephone pay station near the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and…