State v. Tilton
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jasper District Court. The defendant was indicted for the crime of breaking and entering a store, with tbe intent to steal and carry away goods, wares and merchandise kept therein for sale. He was tried and convicted, and now appeals to this court.
1Opinion of the Court
Rothrock, Ch. J.
The store in question was broken into on the night of the ninth or tenth of February, 1882, and some *118clothing, jewelry and notions were stolen therefrom. The defendant is an unmarried man, and at that time resided with his father about a mile and a half from the store. He remained on his father’s farm from that time until sometime in July following, when he and his sister went to Newton to attend a normal school.' They kept their clothing in the same trunk, and about the last of July, in the absence of the defendant, the trunk was searched, and some of the stolen goods were…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. ShafferSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882
3Cited by4 opinions
- State v. DickersonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1981
- State v. BradySupreme Court of Iowa · 1903
- State v. JenningsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1890
- Capps v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1974