Cox

Upon three informations filed by the district attorney of Los Angeles County, charging the defendants with having unlawfully received stolen property of other persons, Kramer was found guilty by a jury, and Cox was convicted upon two of them. Each filed a motion for a new trial, both of which were denied, and their individual appeals from orders denying said motions, and from the judgments, were consolidated and presented upon one transcript and a single set of briefs.

It appears that personal property which had been stolen from N. C. Gredis and Lawrence Frank was discovered at the apartment of Kramer, and property stolen from Fred E. Dilg was found at the room of Cox, in the city of Los Angeles. Officers first visited Kramer’s apartment, requesting that they be admitted, whereupon the defendants fled, carrying sample cases, or suitcases, and parcels, from the rear of the premises. They “asked the defendant Cox where he got the stuff, and he said ‘San Francisco’ ”. At the latter’s lodging stolen wearing apparel allegedly of the value of $500 was recovered. The value of property unlawfully in Kramer’s possession at his abode was alleged as $1900. All of the stolen goods were…