People v. Bringhurst

The two defendants, who are appellants here, were accused by the grand jury of Los Angeles County, jointly with James Wheaton, Calvin Rowell, and Jess Wendell, of the murder of Harry Clester and W. L. Brett, two police officers of the city of Los Angeles. The indictment was- based upon a crime in which all of the defendants named therein participated. The defendants Wheaton and Rowell were tried together, as were these appellants. Wheaton and Rowell were sentenced to the state penitentiary for life. The judgment in their case was affirmed (People v. Wheaton, 64 Cal. App. 58 [220 Pac. 451]),…