People v. Breitenstein

In each of four counts of an indictment, defendant Breitenstein and three other persons respectively named Earle, Ward and Dueey were charged with the commission of the crime of grand theft. Earle was the city engineer of the city of Pasadena; Ward was his assistant, and the two defendants Dueey and Breitenstein were partners engaged in said city in the business of contracting in matters affecting various kinds of street improvements. It appears that two several contracts for street improvement work were entered into between the city of Pasadena and the contracting firm of Dueey &…