People v. Emmett

FRICKE, J., pro tem.

Appellant was found guilty of burglary of the second degree and grand theft, the jury also finding that he had suffered three prior convictions of felony. The evidence conclusively established that during the night of the 13th and 14th of July, 1931, the barn of the Fox Hills Riding Academy was burglariously entered and saddles and bridles of the value of $300 or more stolen therefrom and that appellant sold several of the stolen saddles and bridles to second-hand dealers under various fictitious names. Appellant made confession of his guilt of the crimes charged to the…