Kasperek

Pursuant to a stipulation that the cause would be submitted upon the preliminary hearing transcript, the trial court reviewed the record, heard the arguments of counsel and found appellant guilty of three counts of burglary.

On the night of October 16, 1967, three locked automobiles were burglarized at different locations in the same Los Angeles neighborhood. The testimony of the owner-victims, Finster, Vandermast and Booth, indicated that in each instance personal property was stolen and the modus operandi *322 was essentially the same. Finster’s wallet, taken from the glove compartment of his car, contained credit cards, driver’s license, identification card, etc. From Vandermast’s vehicle the burglar took his Craig stereo tape recorder identified by serial number and nine stereo tapes. The property taken from Booth’s car consisted of his stereo tape recorder and several stereo tapes.

Prior to November 14, 1967, the witness, Bichard Whit-taker, a police officer of the City of Los Angeles, had arrested one Verne Simmons who at the time of his arrest had been found in possession of a Craig stereo tape recorder bearing the same serial number as that stolen from Vandermast. The…