People v. Daener

VALLÉE, J.

Defendant O ’Rourke was convicted by a jury of having conspired with defendant Daener to cheat and defraud John DuHart and Lottie DuHart by criminal means and to obtain money and property from them by false pretenses and false promises with fraudulent intent not to perform such promises. 0 ’Rourke appeals from the judgment.

As grounds for reversal defendant urges that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdict and that the court erred in its instructions to the jury.

The DuHarts owned about 2,000 acres of land at Fairmont in Los Angeles County on which they raised wheat and…