People v. Jenkins

ALLISON, J., pro tem.

The defendant in this case is charged by information with the crime of robbery. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of robbery in the second degree. This appeal is from the judgment of conviction and from an order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial.

It appears that on the twelfth day of June, 1931, the defendant was running a “Beer Garden” situated about two miles east of the city of Brawley, in the county of Imperial, state of California. The defendant was present in the early part of the evening and was engaged in dealing a gambling game called “Twenty-One”.…