People v. McDermott

The defendant and appellant was convicted upon an information filed by the district attorney of Los Angeles County, charging him with having wilfully, unlawfully, and feloniously, by means of force and fear, robbed, stolen, taken, and carried away from the person, possession, and immediate presence of Edward A. French and Charles Kellogg the sum of three thousand four hundred dollars. He appeals from the judgment, and from an order denying his motion for new trial, upon two grounds: (1) That the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict and judgment, and (2) that the trial court erred…