Jordan

The principal question raised on this appeal by the defendant is similar to the written objection to the information and the demurrer filed in the trial court on behalf of the defendant. The objection made is that counts one, two, three, four, and five of an information charged the defendant with the offenses of grand theft; objection being made that on the dates when the various offenses were alleged to have been committed section 484 of the Penal Code of California defined larceny as the felonious stealing, taking, carrying, leading, or driving away the personal property of another. A few hours before the time of the last offense charged section 484 of the Penal Code was amended (Stats. 1927, p. 1046, sec. 1) so that it described as grand theft the offense charged, and included larceny, grand larceny, and false pretenses, as well as embezzlement; that defendant objected on the ground that at the dates when the crimes were alleged to have been committed the defendant would have had to have been tried only on an information limiting the offense to the felonious stealing, taking, carrying, leading, or driving away the personal property of another instead of having to stand trial on…