People v. Wayne

Defendant and Thomas Redden were charged by indictment with (count one) violation of section 653f of the Penal Code by sol-icting Joseph May “to offer and to join in the offer of a bribe” to police officers, and (counts two and three) two violations of section 337a of the Penal Code by making book and by keeping a room with books and paraphernalia for recording bets. Redden pleaded guilty to all three counts and May was separately charged with and pleaded guilty to bookmaking. A jury found defendant guilty on all three counts. Defendant appeals from the ensuing judgment and from an order…