People v. Connors

The defendant was convicted of the crime of corruptly attempting to influence a juror in respect to his verdict in a criminal case pending in the superior court. This appeal is from the judgment and the order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial.

The indictment charges that on the - day of March, 1923, there was pending and set for trial and undecided “an action entitled the People of the State of California vs. Barney Brooks et al.”; that the defendants therein were charged with the crime of criminal syndicalism; that the trial of said action had been set for March 26, 1923; that a…