People v. Koening

Searls, C.

The defendant was convicted of the crime of grand larceny, committed at Oroville, county of Butte, July 8, 1892. He moved for a new trial which was denied, and thereupon he appeals. He was convicted as an accomplice of one Sarah Brady, who admits that she committed the offense, and the only question calling for discussion relates to the sufficiency of the evidence in corroboration of said Brady.

The testimony tended to show that on the 3d of July, 1892, defendant engaged to one Klein to tend bar for the latter in place of his regular bar-tender, who was ill. Defendant and Sarah Brady…