People v. Rice

The defendant was charged in an information with the crime of grand theft, alleged to have been committed as follows: That on or about the 12th day of March, 1938, in the county of Orange, he did wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously take and carry away certain personal property, to wit, one 800-foot bait net of the value of $300 lawful money of the United States, the personal prop erty of Lawrence Fisher. On the date of the trial an amended information, including a charge of prior conviction of a felony, was filed against him. He entered a plea of not guilty to the theft charge and denied the…