People v. Ryerson

By information, defendants were charged with obtaining money by false pretenses from the Butte County Welfare Department, between May 1960, and September 23, 1960, in violation of Penal Code section 484. The jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged. Thereafter, defendants’ motion for a new trial was granted, and the state now appeals from that order.

From the memorandum opinion of the trial court, which was included in its order granting defendants’ motion, it appears that the basis for the court’s action was that it believed that since sections 1500 et seq. of the Welfare and Institutions…