Boyd v. Smyth

The plaintiff, A. J. Boyd, was indicted in 1921 for the crime of receiving stolen property. The trial resulted in a conviction, which was appealed from and reversed. State v. Boyd, 195 Iowa 1091. He was again tried and convicted, and this was reversed on appeal. State v. Boyd, 196 Iowa 226. On the third trial, the conviction was affirmed. 199 Iowa 1206. A petition for rehearing was filed on the last appeal, in which it was sought to show the matters of which complaint is made in this application for the writ. This court refused to consider the same, and the petition for rehearing was…