People v. Ferguson

The court, sitting without a jury, found the appellant Harold G. Ferguson guilty of grand theft in counts 2 to 6, inclusive; 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 22 to 25, inclusive, 29 and 30, and guilty of violating the Corporate Securities Act (Stats. 1917, p. 673), in counts 34 to 43, inclusive, excepting count 41, all charged in a grand jury indictment. (For convenience we use Arabic instead of Roman numerals as used in the indictment and as sometimes used in the briefs.) The issues of this appeal will be better understood after the reading of the following quoted portion of the trial court’s able…