Ortini

The defendant was charged and tried upon five counts, the first two charging him with the crime of maintaining two separate places in the county of Fresno for the sale of intoxicating liquors; the third, fourth, and fifth counts charging* him with three separate offenses of contributing to the delinquency of three named minors. The cause was tried to the jury and the defendant was found guilty on all five counts. From the judgment which followed and from the order denying his motion for a new trial he prosecutes this appeal.

At the outset the appellant concedes that the evidence is sufficient to support the verdict of guilty on each of the five counts, and also concedes that no errors were committed during the course of the trial which were prejudicial to him except the refusal o£ the trial court to grant him a continuance.

Briefly, the story of the case is that the appellant was conducting two places of business, one in the city of Fresno and one in the outskirts of that city, where he was engaged in the illicit sale of intoxicating liquors. "When called to the stand as a witness in his own behalf he frankly admitted that for a considerable period he had sold liquor to adults,…