People v. Lau

Appellant was convicted in the superior court of three separate offenses. The verdict of conviction was returned on December 9, 1936, and the trial court designated December 14, 1936, as the date for pronouncement of judgment. On the last-mentioned date appellant presented a motion for new trial which was then and there denied and judgment was pronounced. Thereupon, on said December 14, 1936, appellant filed written notice that he appealed from the court’s order denying his motion for a new trial and from the judgment rendered as aforesaid. No application containing a general statement of the…