People v. Shelton

Appellant was convicted by the court sitting without a jury of violating section 337a, subdivision 2, Penal Code, occupying a building with books, papers and other paraphernalia for recording bets on horse races. He was sentenced to the county jail for one year, execution was suspended, and he was placed on three years probation on certain conditions.

Police officers went to the home occupied by appellant and his wife armed with a search warrant. They rang the bell, waited for one-half minute and then forced an entrance with a sledgehammer. The door was secured by a lock and had a timber…