People v. Miles

Appellant was jointly charged with Mr. and Mrs. Arnold and one Emma Smith for the larceny of $1,000 of the property of Olive Griesse and Henry Griesse. Appellant was tried separately and by the jury found guilty as charged, and from the judgment rendered upon such conviction appealed to this court.

In the methods resorted to by appellant and his codefendants to obtain the money from the prosecuting witnesses this case bears a close resemblance to the case of People v. Arnold, 17 Cal. App. 68, [118 Pac. 729], in which all of the same parties were indicted for stealing $150 from one Francis…