Miles

Appellant was jointly charged with Mr. and Mrs. Arnold and one Emma Smith for the larceny of $1,000 of the property of Olive Griesse and Henry Griesse. Appellant was tried separately and by the jury found guilty as charged, and from the judgment rendered upon such conviction appealed to this court.

In the methods resorted to by appellant and his codefendants to obtain the money from the prosecuting witnesses this case bears a close resemblance to the case of People v. Arnold, 17 Cal. App. 68 , [ 118 Pac. 729 ], in which all of the same parties were indicted for stealing $150 from one Francis Shaw, and in which case the conviction of Tessie Arnold was by this court sustained.

It is urged by the appellant that the verdict is not sustained by the evidence.

The evidence shows that at all the times referred to by the witnesses Tessie Arnold was residing at 1237 0’Farrell street,' in the city and county of San Francisco, and at her apartments there conducted from time to time what she was pleased to call “seances,” at which, as she represented to her patrons, voices from the spirit world audibly spoke to her and to those participating in the seances.

The prosecuting witnesses first…