Opinion
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Fresno County.
The defendant was charged with the larceny of a gold watch and chain of the value of one hundred and twenty-five dollars, and ten dollars in silver coin. There was stolen at the same time several packages of cigarettes, and they were found in the possession of the defendant. The defendant objected to the introduction of any evidence regarding the cigarettes. The court overruled the objection.
COUNSEL:
J. G. Rhodes, and C. C. Merriam, for Appellant.
Attorney-General Marshall, for Respondent.
OPINION
MYRICK, Judge
[3 P. 492] The remaining facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
The information accused the defendant of the crime of grand larceny, and on being arraigned the defendant pleaded "not guilty," and "once in jeopardy." At the trial evidence was given for the prosecution and for the defense; but none of the evidence relates to the plea of once in jeopardy. After the district attorney had begun his opening argument to the jury, and was about to close, defendant's attorneys asked that they be allowed to reopen their case for the purpose of introducing testimony on the plea of once in jeopardy, and the request was denied. No error appears, it was a matter of discretion.
The evidence regarding the cigarettes was competent, for the reason that it tended to connect the defendant with the taking of the property named in the information; for this reason, doubtless, the court admitted it, notwithstanding the obscure manner in which the district attorney stated its object.
There is no error in the record.
Judgment affirmed.
THORNTON, J., and SHARPSTEIN, J., concurred.