People v. Howard

By information filed in the county of Los Angeles the appellant was charged with having committed eight different burglaries. Upon a trial before the court, without a jury, he was found guilty of six of the offenses so charged, and appealed from an order denying a motion for a new trial and from the judgments.

Certain personal property of various persons was found in Howard’s possession, and upon his arrest he conducted officers to their residences, which he indicated, admitting that he had burglariously entered them. Five of the victims testified that they had returned home after a short…