People v. Freer

THOMPSON (R. L.), J.

The defendant was convicted of grand theft. It is contended the evidence fails to support the judgment and that the court erred in refusing to give certain instructions to the jury.

The defendant’s wife, who is named Dolores, but was called Del, was employed as.an entertainer at the Frontier Cabaret in Eureka. She had apartments at the Redwood rooming-house, which she used for assignation purposes. The defendant was a taxi driver. On the night of August 22, 1929, the prosecuting witness Vikan and a companion by the name of Brough visited the Frontier Cabaret, where they met…