Robertson

A dwelling on McKinley Street in Oakland was burglarized between the hours of 8 and 10:30 o’clock on the night of December 26, 1930, and a small amount of cash, two watches and a few articles of jewelry including a gold watch charm, representing a football, were stolen therefrom. Appellant was charged with the commission of the crime, and with two prior convictions of felony. He admitted the prior convictions, and was found guilty by a jury of the charge of burglary. The sole ground urged for reversal is insufficiency of the evidence to sustain the judgment of conviction.

The evidence upon which the conviction was obtained was in substance as follows: About 1 o’clock on the afternoon following the burglary appellant was seen by an inspector .of the Oakland police department to enter a pawnshop in that city, wherein, according to the proprietor of the shop, he sold the stolen watch charm, and signed the bill of sale therefor as follows: “George Williams—-Hotel Adams”, which was a fictitious name and false address. Upon leaving the pawnshop he was arrested by the inspector, but later, when questioned about the matter by the officers, denied having entered the pawnshop as claimed by…