People v. Cryder

About 10:30 p.m. on October 29, 1947, defendants entered the café of Teresa Boggio in a remote quarter of Los Angeles city, purchased and drank beer and departed. Teresa then locked her doors which she refused to open “a short time later” when the men returned. Cryder thereupon gained entrance through the rear, grabbed and choked Mrs. Boggio. Although he made no demands, she screamed and escaped through the backdoor. Cryder’s fingers marked her throat and she became very nervous and excited. When she called to her husband to get a gun, Cryder fled.

During the same evening defendants drove in…