People v. Ahern

Defendant was tried by the court, sitting without a jury, upon an indictment containing two counts charging grand theft. He was found guilty on both counts. His motion for a new trial was denied and he appeals from the judgment of conviction and from the order denying his motion for a new trial.

The original indictment charged in the first count that defendant unlawfully took certain real property of Catherine Malone Ahern of the value of $3,400; and in the second count, that he unlawfully took certain personal property of said Catherine Malone Ahern consisting of money in the sum of…