People v. Newland

The defendant was tried by the court without a jury and found guilty on a charge of keeping for gain or reward a room with books for the registering of wagers on horse races. (Sec. 337a, subd. 2, Pen. Code.) He applied for probation, which was granted. Judgment of conviction was entered on September 13, 1939, but sentence of six months in the county jail was suspended for a period of two years on condition that he serve the first thirty days in the county jail, that he have nothing to do with book-making or gam bling activities of any kind, and that he make the usual reports.

The case was…