Legal Opinion

State v. Lynch

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided March 13, 1923PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from Story District Court. — E. M. Wright, Judge. Appellant was convicted of the crime of burglary, and sentenced to a term in the penitentiary, and appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtArthur, J.

I. The corpus delicti of the offense was not in dispute.. On the night of February 6th or the, morning of the 7th of February, 1920, the First’ National Bank of Cambridge, Iowa, was broken into and entered, and the safety deposit vault, containing the safe and boxes in which were kept bonds and valuable papers, was broken into by the use of an oxyacetylene torch, operated by the use of oxygen and acetylene gas and tools. The lock boxes in the vault were opened, and the contents taken therefrom, consisting of bonds and promissory notes and cash.

The State introduced testimony tending to show…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. BrowmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1921
  2. State v. MiddlehamSupreme Court of Iowa · 1883
  3. State v. CameronSupreme Court of Iowa · 1916

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Robert Clyde Sanders v. United States of America, Joe Starr Gullahorn, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1956
  2. State v. WesslingSupreme Court of Iowa · 1967
  3. State v. GriffinSupreme Court of Iowa · 1934
  4. State v. KneeskernSupreme Court of Iowa · 1926
  5. United States v. Roy Craft and Arthur GregoryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1969

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