State v. Graff
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dubugue District Oowrt. The grand jury of Dubuque county presented an indictment against the defendant, accusing him of the crime of larceny from the person of another. He pleaded not guilty, was tried, convicted, and sentenced to a term of imprisonment in the penitentiary at Anamosa, and from this judgment he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
The charge in the indictment is that the defendant stole a watch and chain from the person of one M. Dworskey. The proof was that he took the property from Dworskey’s person by violence. After the verdict was returned, defendant filed a motion in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the evidence showed that, if he committed any crime in the transaction in'question, it was robbery, and not the offense of which he was accused in the indictment. The district court overruled this motion, and pronounced judgment on the verdict. The question raised.by the motion is the only one presented by the…
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