Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of CHARLES BROWN on Habeas Corpus
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1909-12-02
Citations: 156 Cal. 632
Docket Number: Crim. No. 1574
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of CHARLES BROWN on Habeas Corpus.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Reports
Volume: 156
Pages: 632–632

Head Matter:
[Crim. No. 1574.
In Bank.
December 2, 1909.]
In the Matter of the Application of CHARLES BROWN on Habeas Corpus.
Criminal Law—Receiving Monet for Betting Purposes.—Section 337a of the Penal Code, making it a crime for one to receive any money, bet or wagered, or offered for the purpose of being bet or wagered by or for any other person, upon the result of any trial or contest of speed between men or beasts, is valid.
APPLICATION for a Writ of Habeas Corpus directed to> the Sheriff of Alameda County.
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
Carroll Cook, Henry Ach, and M. C. Chapman, for Petitioner.

Opinion:
THE COURT.
There was evidence sufficiently shown, for the purpose of commitment for trial, that petitioner received money from another person to hold the same as a bet or wager on a proposed horse race. This was substantially the charge-made by the complaint.
Section 337a of the Penal Code in terms makes it a crime for one to receive any money, bet or wagered, or offered for the purpose of being bet or wagered by or for any other person, upon the result of any trial or contest of speed between men or beasts.
We do not see why this case does not fall within this inhibition, nor do we see any reason to doubt the validity of the law.
The application for a writ is denied.