Alexander

— The defendant was charged in an amended information with two crimes and a prior conviction; count one accused him of violating section 593c of the Penal Code in that he maliciously interfered “with a Meter used in connection with a pipe or main maintained by proper authority for the purpose of transporting gas approximately Three (3) Miles South of Rio Vista Bridge” in Sacramento County; count two charged him with burglary in that he did “willfully and unlawfully and feloniously enter that certain Pumping Station owned by the Pacific Gas & Electric Company located approximately Three (3) Miles South of Rio Vista Bridge, with intent to commit theft therein.” The prior conviction was for violation of section 593c of the Penal Code, malicious interference with a gas main alleged to have occurred in Colusa County on or about the 5th day of May, 1964, and which resulted in a prison sentence. The defendant entered a plea of not guilty to each of the two crimes charged in the amended information but admitted the prior conviction. By stipulation the defendant waived a jury trial, and the evidence produced by the People was heard by the judge alone as the trier of fact; the defense…