People v. Henderson

Clarence Henderson, John Williams, and John Auls were charged by information with a violation of section 591 of the Penal Code, it being alleged that they “unlawfully and maliciously took down and removed a telephone line.” After a trial by jury they were all found guilty as charged and judgments were pronounced. They have appealed from the judgments.

Appellants do not question the sufficiency of the evidence but contend the judgments should be reversed because of several asserted prejudicial errors relating to instructions. Before discussing these contentions, we shall give a brief summary of…