People v. Guttmann

GOULD, J., pro tem.

— Defendant was indicted by ' a grand jury upon eight separate counts, each charging grand theft. The trial jury returned verdicts of guilty as to two counts, not guilty as to three, and as to the remaining three counts failed to agree. This appeal is prosecuted from the order denying motion for new trial and from the judgment of conviction pronounced by the court upon the two counts as to which the jury found defendant guilty.

Appellant urges reversal upon the ground that the trial court committed error in refusing to advise the jury to acquit, and also committed error in…