Watson

amended information appellant Jessie Lee Watson was charged in count I and his codefendant, Ulysee Pryor, in count II with attempted grand theft from the person, in violation of sections 664 and 487, subdivision 2, Penal Code of California, a felony.

Following not guilty pleas a jury trial was had resulting in a guilty verdict as to both. A motion for new trial was denied. Watson was sentenced by placing him on probation, subject to conditions, and is the sole appellant.

The evidence shows that on October 28, 1964, Police Officer James Robinson, while assigned to the pickpocket detail of the Los Angeles Police Department, was on Broadway Street in plain clothes. President Lyndon Johnson was in the city and about noon was due to pass 5th Street and Broadway in his motorcade. Many people were in the vicinity, some standing in the streets which crossed Broadway.

Officer Robinson observed appellant and his codefendant Pryor walking together. They pushed into the crowd near 6th Street and stood to the left and rear of a man with a large and plainly visible wallet in his left hip pocket. Robinson observed appellant nudge Pryor, look down and nod toward the exposed wallet. As…