Smith v. State

Cobb, Ch. J.

The plaintiff in error was indicted for the larceny of a gold watch and other articles of jewelry of the value of sixty-five dollars. Having plead not guilty to.the charge, he was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of two years. He brings the cause to this court on error.

It appears from the evidence as preserved in the bill of exceptions that the watch and jewelry were lost at Atlantic, in the state of Iowa, and found in the possession of the plaintiff in error in Cass county, in this state. The testimony as to how the property came into the…