People v. Davis

Defendant was convicted of the crime of attempted burglary and appeals from the judgment and from the order denying him a new trial.

On the evening of August 28, 1937, at approximately 10 P. M., defendant was observed in front of the bedroom window of an inhabited dwelling, into which he had no permission to enter, with his hands upraised towards the window. It was so dark that it could not be told whether or not he was actually touching the window. There were coats and purses on the bed in the room. The defendant was standing between a hedge and the house, a space only three or four feet…