Moore

Appellant was charged' by an information filed by the district attorney with the crime of receiving stolen property and with four prior convictions.

One L. G. Dodge, manufacturer’s representative of an eastern firm of clock manufacturers, had in his possession in June, 1933, some 400 automobile clocks. About June 19th, he discovered that approximately 100 of the clocks were missing, and on July 15th he recognized nine of the clocks in an automobile dealers’ establishment, the latter having taken the clocks in an automobile trade with one Kreutzer. Kreutzer, during the month of June, 1933, was living in the same apartment house in which defendant and wife had their home. Kreutzer testified that on June 2'5th defendant came to his apartment with a clock and told him that he had two dozen clocks which he had bought from a friend for $25; that after some discussion it was arranged that the witness Kreutzer should sell the clocks on the basis of netting defendant $2 for the eight-day clocks and $1 for the one-day clocks. The witness disposed of nine clocks by trading them to the Huntington Park Auto Company for an automobile. Later defendant gave the witness seven more clocks to sell,…