People v. Lane

Defendant was found guilty by a jury of the crime of issuing a check without sufficient funds (Pen. Code, § 476a.) He was sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison and appeals from the judgment of conviction and “from an order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial.” The record does not show that such a motion was made and, therefore, the purported appeal from the order denying his “motion for a new trial” is dismissed.

On or about May 8, 1955, Hubert Watkins, a salesman and assistant manager in charge of the used car department for Marvin K. Brown, Cadillac and Oldsmobile, in San…