People v. Phipps

The indictment herein contained one count charging the defendants, Cecil Phipps and his wife Verna Phipps, with grand theft, in violation of Penal Code, section 487, in that they unlawfully took checks having a value of $3,054 from Tulare County between March 1, 1958, and January 31, 1959. After being found guilty by a jury, imposition of sentence was suspended for three years and the defendants were granted conditional probation. They have appealed from the judgment, from the orders denying their motions for a new trial and from the alleged order denying their motion to set aside the…