People v. Ward

The defendant was convicted on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses (Pen. Code, sec. 532), and appeals from the judgment as well as from the order denying his motion for a new trial. In support of his appeal from the order he makes the point that the evidence in the record is not sufficient to sustain the conviction. This is practically •conceded by the attorney-general, hut he objects to any consideration of the point because the record does not disclose the grounds of the motion, and therefore we cannot know that it was based either wholly or in part upon the alleged insufficiency…