People v. Kerrick

GRAY, C.

The defendant was convicted of the crime defined in section 357 of the Penal Code, of altering and defacing the marks and brands on certain twenty-two head of cattle with intent to steal the same and prevent the identification thereof. He appeals from the judgment and from an order denying him a new trial.

At the trial it was admitted by the prosecution that the defendant had theretofore been duly tried upon an information charging him with the larceny of the same cattle referred to in this information, and that at such former trial the same evidence was used by the prosecution…