Howard

The defendants were by information jointly charged and thereunder tried for the crime of grand larceny, and were convicted of the crime so charged. They and each of them appeal from the judgment of conviction and the order denying their motion for a new trial.

The defendants appeared for trial without an attorney, having previously, and at the time of their arraignment upon the charge alleged against them in the information, refused to accept the offer of the court to appoint an attorney or attorneys to conduct their defense, preferring themselves to manage the trial of their case, which they did.

The ground upon which they base their claim to a reversal is that the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict, and, after a careful reading of the evidence, we have been convinced that the point must be sustained as to three of the defendants.

The property alleged in the information to have been stolen by the defendants was a Willys-Knight touring car automobile, of the value of $1,780, and the property of Dr. J. H. Haile, of the city of Sacramento, in which place the alleged larceny is charged to have been committed.

It appears that on the night of the 16th of October, 1921,…