Gibbs

People v. Gibbs

Good Law
1927 Cal. App. LEXIS 133·87 Cal. App. 177·261 P. 1057
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaNovember 29, 1927Docket No. 993.California1,220 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Weyand, J.

The defendant was convicted in the superior court of the county of Lassen of the crime of grand larceny. He appeals from the judgment of conviction. The only alleged error of the trial court, claimed by the appellant, is that the conviction was had on the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice, one Paul Hendron.

The question thus presented is properly severable into two parts: First, Was the witness, Paul Hendron, an accomplice 1 And, second, If he were an accomplice in the commission of the crime, was there at the trial other evidence in corroboration of Hendron’s testimony

A conviction being had, we will not concern ourselves with a full recital of all the testimony. There are some disputes in the testimony as to certain facts, but we will content ourselves with stating so much of the evidence as could be said to support the judgment of conviction, and we will not concern ourselves with the disputed matters,

The testimony of witnesses, other than said Hendron, disclosed that the Susanville Country Club had a club-house some fourteen miles distant from Susanville, in Lassen County. On October 25, 1926, in the night-time, this clubhouse was entered by someone, and a number…

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