Goodwin

On December 16, 1929, the district attorney of San Bernardino County filed an information in the Superior Court charging appellant and Julian Hacker with the crime of burglary. Hacker entered a plea of guilty and appellant went to trial upon his plea of not guilty. The jury found appellant guilty of burglary in the second degree.

On November 26, 1929, the office of the Shell Oil Company of California, situated in the town of Narod in San Bernardino County, California, was burglarized and a safe containing about $130 in cash was removed therefrom. The safe was later found in a wash about two miles from the place of the burglary. It had been broken open and all the money except 25 cents removed therefrom. The office building containing the safe was entered through a window, the screen from which had been torn off and the window forced open. The front door had been broken open and the safe apparently rolled or carried out through it. Footprints were found outside of the window and also near the place where the safe was found. A detailed examination of them disclosed that there was a small triangle and the word “Revere” on both heels, and on that portion of the print made by the heel…