People v. Lawyer

Defendant was convicted on the charge of grand theft and he has appealed from the final judgment of conviction and the order denying his motion for a new trial.

Defendant was accused of stealing a cow belonging to one George McCoy, a farmer residing near Pittsburg in Contra Costa County. On January 23, 1934, Mr. McCoy had ten cows and four calves. On the morning of January 24th he found that one of his cows had disappeared. The missing cow was a large “brockel face” cow with a tear on her left ear. This cow had been raised by Mr. McCoy and was well known to the family and neighbors. Search of…