Legal Opinion

State v. Scott

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided November 12, 1907PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from, Polh District Court.— HoN. Jakes A. Howe, Judge. The' defendant was indicted upon tbe charge of receiving stolen property. There was a verdict of guilty, and from a judgment rendered thereon he has appealed to this court.

1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, C. J.

But three errors are assigned as grounds for a reversal of the judgment appealed from, and these we will consider in the order stated by counsel in their brief.

1. Receiving stolen PROPERTY: evidence. I. Appellant questions the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain a verdict of guilty. We are quite clear that the point is not well taken. Without going into minute details,. we will say the evidence tends to show that at the date of the alleged offense the appellant was, and for some time had been a saloon keeper in the city of Des Moines. Among his customers were Datus Bucher and David Bucher,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Copperman v. . People of the State of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1874
  2. Commonwealth v. JohnsonLackawanna County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1890
  3. State v. JacobSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1889

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. State v. BoydSupreme Court of Iowa · 1922
  2. State v. GordonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
  3. State v. UptonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1969
  4. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Iowa · 1957
  5. State v. WenksSupreme Court of Iowa · 1925

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