Hill

The defendant was convicted upon six counts charging grand theft, committed by him at the times and in the amounts following, that is to say: Count 2, August 15, 1930, $1,000; count 4, August 19, 1930, $2,000; count 24, March 2, 1931, $20,000; count 26, March 18, 1931, $15,000; count 30, April 2, 1931, $15,000; count 32, April 21, 1931, $15,000. Upon the separate verdicts returned the court rendered several judgments, which for the purposes of the appeal are treated as one judgment. The defendant appeals from the judgment and from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

The sentence as pronounced by the court provides that the terms of imprisonment on counts 2, 24 and 26 .shall run consecutively, and that the imprisonment on counts 4, 30 and 32 shall run concurrently with count 2. It is contended by appellant that the theft constituted only one offense; therefore that his conviction and sentence as for several different crimes is erroneous, and for that reason should be reversed.

At the time of the commission of the alleged offenses, and for a long time prior thereto, defendant was chief deputy of the county clerk of the county of Los Angeles, who by virtue of his office is…