Schumann-Heink

Appellant was convicted of the crime of grand theft upon a trial before the court without a jury. He was granted probation and has appealed from the judgment of conviction. The sole ground presented for a reversal of the judgment is that the evidence is insufficient to support the judgment in that the testimony of Wilfrid M. Clare, a witness for respondent and an admitted accomplice, was not sufficiently corroborated to meet the requirements of section 1111 of the Penal Code.

This case was tried once before and upon the conviction of appellant a new trial was granted on appeal. (People v. Schumann-Heink, 98 Cal. App. 225 [ 276 Pac. 625 ].)

Schumann-Heink & Company, Inc., was a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of California for the purpose of carrying on a general stock and bond brokerage business with its principal place of business in the city of San Diego, California. It maintained branch offices in the cities of Los Angeles and Oakland, California and Tucson, Arizona. Appellant was the president and a director of the corporation and spent his time in active management of the business. The greater part of his time was spent in the Los Angeles…