King

By an information filed in the superior court defendant and appellant Clarence King and one Edward L. Dobbs were charged jointly with the commission by them of the crime of grand theft, they being charged with stealing an automobile belonging to Katherine E. Smith; and by another information filed in said court defendant and appellant alone was charged with the commission by him of the crime of grand theft, he being charged with stealing an automobile belonging to Clark Blecka. The two eases were consolidated for trial. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty of the charge of stealing the Blecka car and guilty of the charge of stealing the Smith car. This appeal is taken by defendant King from the judgment of conviction and from the order of the trial court denying his motion for a new trial.

Appellant makes two general assignments of error; first, that the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict; second, that the trial court erred in denying to appellant the right to cross-examine a witness upon the location of secret numbers on an automobile after said witness testified on that subject on direct examination.

With reference to appellant’s first contention, we are…