Chatfield

Following a court trial defendant was con victed of three offenses: (1) attempted grand theft from Jackie Metcalf, (2) attempted grand theft from Concetta Jor gensen, and (3) grand theft from Moisés Heilbron. This appeal is from the judgment.

Since there is no room for doubt as to the sufficiency of the evidence, it is unnecessary to relate the facts in any detail. Disregarding conflicts in the evidence (see People v. Mills (1947) 30 Cal.2d 694, 700 [ 185 P.2d 11 ]) the following are some of the circumstances on which the judgment rests.

Defendant is a chiropractor. The criminal offenses arose out of the representations made by defendant and her associates in the Drown Laboratories concerning a type of machine used in the purported diagnosis and treatment of illness. Ruth Drown, the mother of defendant, had been charged in the same indictment, but died prior to the trial.

The device consisted of a box with an instrument panel which included an ammeter and a number of dials and the means by which various wires could be connected to the device. Metal footplates and an electrode made of lead were attached to wires which could be plugged into the box. Defendant represented that the…