People v. White

Defendants were arrested and arraigned before a justice of the peace on a warrant charging them and others with the larceny of 100 cartons of spark plugs valued at $2,800, larceny from a factory without breaking and with conspiracy to commit larceny. The production manager of the spark plug manufacturer testified that between January 1, 1933, and June 26, 1933, approximately 13,000,000 spark plugs were produced in his plant, and that an inventory disclosed the fact that 21,541 were missing. Over defendants’ objection, the people then introduced testimony to show admissions on the part of…