State v. Burch

The indictment charges, in substance, that Roscoe Burch and Walter Debord did steal six red hogs and one black hog, of the value of $127.50, the property of Tom Jackson. The jury found the value of the hogs as alleged. The judgment was that defendant Burch be confined in the reformatory at Anamosa not exceeding five years. Defendant Burch pleaded not guilty, and was put on trial separately.

Defendant is a young farmer, with a small family, living about three fourths of a mile from Jackson’s: The defendant also had a farm some 18 miles from his residence, upon which Debord was his tenant. This…