117 Cal. 65 | Cal. | 1897
The defendant was convicted ■ of the crime of burglary in the first degree, and appeals from the order denying his motion for a new trial.
There was no error committed by the court in allowing the witness, Auble, to remain in the courtroom during the examination of witnesses. The exclusion of witnesses during the time in which the evidence is being placed before the jury is a matter largely in the discretion of the trial court. Ho abuse of that discretion is disclosed here. (People v. Hong Ah Duck, 61 Cal. 387.)
It is contended that the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict of burglary in the first degree, the claim being that if a burglary was committed the act was done in the daytime, and therefore burglary of the second degree. The defendant and others constructed a tunnel some one hundred and twenty feet in length
Again, it is contended that there is not sufficient evidence corroborating the testimony of the accomplice, Jones. Without reciting the corroborating evidence disclosed by the record, it is sufficient to say we are entirely satisfied with it. It is ample to fill the demands of the statute, and, taking all the evidence together, defendant’s guilt is plainly apparent. There is no merit in the remaining points made in defendant’s brief.
For the foregoing reasons the order appealed from is affirmed.
Van Fleet, J., and Harrison, J., concurred.