United States Weather Bureau

The United States Weather Bureau is mentioned as a source of a report during the trial, where the prosecution cites it alongside other evidence to resist further questioning about whether the store’s lights were on. The text does not describe the report’s contents; its significance lies in how the prosecutor uses its existence to present the point as already established.

Appearance in the Trial

During questioning about lights in the store window, the prosecutor objects that the relevant facts have already been testified to and proven. The prosecutor refers to testimony from the Department of Water and Power that the streetlights were burning, testimony from an alarm company about the burglar alarm, and a report from the United States Weather Bureau. The report is thus named among several sources offered in support of the prosecution’s position, but the specific information it contains is not given.

Evidentiary and Narrative Role

The reference helps frame a dispute over whether the defense may continue probing a detail: the prosecutor calls the questions superfluous, and the Courtroom agrees that this line of questioning is unreasonable and unnecessary. The agency has no separately described role in the proceedings, and the text does not explain how its report was prepared or what it established. Its appearance instead marks the prosecution’s appeal to accumulated testimony and documentation as a reason to close off further inquiry.