Standley

The information upon which appellant was tried contained ten counts. The trial was had before the court sitting without a jury, and appellant was found not guilty upon nine counts and guilty upon one count—count VII. From the judgment entered against him upon count VII, and from the order denying his motion for a new trial, appellant takes this appeal.

The count of the information upon which appellant was found guilty charged that appellant “did wilfully, unlawfully, feloniously and knowingly procure and offer to be filed, registered and recorded, a false and forged instrument, to-wit: a certain purported deed which by its terms purported to convey from E'. L. Stevenson, grantor, to S. Judson Manning, grantee, certain real property, to-wit: Lot 83, Tract 8921, which said deed was recorded on February 27, 1930, in Book 9732, page 290, official records of Los Angeles county, said purported deed being an instrument which, if genuine, might be filed, registered or recorded under the laws of the state of California”.

The crime thus charged is the felony defined by section 115 of the Penal Code, this section being one of the sections contained in chapter IV of the Penal Code, entitled…