Zingarelli

On the night of January 6, 1933, or the early morning hours of January 7th, about seven tons of raisins were stolen from a vineyard in Fresno County, owned by the Wishon-Watson Company. Sixty-seven boxes of raisins had been emptied and ten boxes were missing. On the soft earth "were found the imprint or impressions of certain well-known automobile tires, indicating that an eight-wheel truck and an ordinary passenger car had been used in connection with removing the raisins. From the tire marks the officers were able to name the make of tire that had been on each respective wheel of the truck and automobile thus used. Plaster casts were taken of the tire marks or impressions and, a little later, it was ascertained that the truck and automobile used on that occasion were, in fact, owned or possessed by the defendant Zingarelli. When the truck was found at this defendant’s home, raisins of the same variety as those stolen were found in the cracks on the body of the truck. At first this defendant denied any knowledge of the matter under investigation and told the officers that he had never loaned his truck to anyone and that no one but himself had ever driven it. After being…