Hornbeck

Defendant Ferrari, with two others, was tried upon an indictment charging them with the crime of grand theft. At the trial the charge against Ruth Horn-beck was dismissed, and she became the state’s principal witness. The other two defendants were convicted and both appealed. The appeal of defendant Gargano has been dismissed. Ferrari prosecutes this appeal from the judgment and from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

The indictment charged that on the twenty-ninth day of March, 1932, the defendants committed the crime of grand larceny by wilfully, etc., taking the sum of $3,338.90, “then and there the personal property of the Million Dollar Theatre, owned and operated by the Circle Theatres, Ltd., a corporation”.

The only evidence directly tending to establish the guilt of appellant Ferrari is found in the testimony of Ruth Hornbeck. Her testimony proves beyond doubt that she was an accomplice in the commission of the crime. It follows that in order to justify the conviction of appellant, the testimony of the witness Hornbeck must be corroborated “by such other evidence as shall tend to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense”. (Pen. Code, sec.…