People v. Mix

Defendant was convicted of the crime of recording and registering bets, as that offense is set forth in subdivision 4 of section 337a of the Penal Code. He appeals from the judgment, the sentence, and from the order denying his motion for a new trial.

On April 20, 1940, police officers observed the appellant in a parking lot on Santa Monica Boulevard, standing near an automobile in which four men were seated. The appellant had a small cardboard notebook in his hand and the men inside the automobile were looking at some papers that were of the size and general appearance of scratch sheets. The…