Grace

The defendant and appellant was found guilty of robbery upon each of three counts contained in an information filed by the district attorney of Los Angeles County.

From the judgment of conviction and an order denying his motion for a new trial he makes this appeal, and urges three grounds for a reversal.

First. That the court erred in refusing his request that the trial of his case be transferred from department 28 of the superior court, sitting at Long Beach, to some department of a superior court sitting in Los Angeles city.

Second. That the evidence in the case is insufficient to support the verdict of guilty.

Third. That the court erred in permitting the district attorney to read the testimony of one Mrs. McClure, given at the preliminary examination.

Upon the first point counsel for appellant contents himself with a brief statement that “the facts presented upon the motion for a transfer of said cause raised an issue of fact which should have resulted in the granting of the motion for defendant.” The only facts presented on this point, according to the record, are contained in a short affidavit of defendant’s counsel that he was attorney for the defendant in a previous…