People v. Brown

Defendant was convicted of the crime of grand larceny. He appeals from the judgment and the order denying his motion for a new trial.

By the information defendant was accused of stealing certain articles of jewelry of the alleged aggregate value of eight hundred dollars. The evidence introduced on behalf of the prosecution showed that on the afternoon of March 13, 1924, several persons, including defendant, were visiting at the home, of the prosecuting witness, at which time, in the presence of defendant, the prosecuting witness took the jewelry from a secret vault in a mantelpiece in his home…