People v. Smith

KEETCH, J., pro tem.

The appellant, Henry J. Peterson, together with Hoyt W. Smith and Thomas I. Boreman, was charged with burglary in an information filed by the district attorney of Los Angeles County. Peterson was found guilty of burglary in the second degree and Smith and Boreman were acquitted. This appeal is taken from the order denying Peterson’s motion for a new trial and from the judgment of conviction.

Immediately prior to and at the time of his arrest Peterson was engaged in the business of repairing and renewing auto tops in the town of Sawtelle. Smith and Boreman were inmates of…