Lewis

The present appeals are from judgments of conviction on a group of charges originally contained in three separate indictments. As a result of proceedings taken in the trial court (and not questioned here) two of the indictments were consolidated and that case ( 244636) was, as to defendant Jones (the sole appellant therein), submitted to the trial court, without a jury, on the transcript of the grand jury proceedings. The other indictment ( 244634) was tried before a jury, resulting in verdicts adverse to appellants. We consider first the appeals from the judgments in the case tried to a jury.

In ease No. 244634, appellants, together with other persons not appellants here, were charged in Count I with conspiracy (Pen. Code, § 182) to commit: (a) grand theft auto (Pen. Code, § 487, subd. 3); (b) grand theft (Pen. Code, § 487, subd. 1); (e) kidnapping for the purpose of robbery with injuries inflicted (Pen. Code, § 209) ; and (d) robbery (Pen. Code, § 211).

Eight overt acts were alleged as having been committed in furtherance of the conspiracies; six alleged the sale or attempt to sell certain stolen automobiles by the use of counterfeit documents; one alleged the forcible entry…