People v. Santora

The defendant appeals from a judgment entered upon the verdict convicting him of grand theft and from the order denying his motion for a new trial.

On the morning of June 11, 1940, the defendant stopped the complaining witness on the street and asked him for directions to a certain address. The witness replied that he knew of no such street. During the conversation defendant’s accomplice, Sternberg, approached but upon questioning stated that he also knew of no such address. As the complainant proceeded along the street with the two strangers, defendant told him that he had collected $30,000…