People v. Corral

SHAW, J. pro tem.

After a trial by jury defendant was convicted of burglary in the second degree, and appeals from the judgment. The charge against him was that he entered the store and building of the Fifth Street Store, a corporation, with intent to commit theft.

Briefly stated, the evidence for the people shows the following facts. The Fifth Street Store is a large department store in the city of Los Angeles. Mrs. Myrtle Norton, a store detective in the employ of that store, saw defendant, accompanied by another man, walk into its men’s suit department, take a suit down and hand it to the…