State v. Clark
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Bremer District Court. — Hon. C. H. Kelley, Judge. The defendant was indicted, charged with the crime of larceny from a building.
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Appeal from Bremer District Court. — Hon. C. H. Kelley, Judge. The defendant was indicted, charged with the crime of larceny from a building. The indictment charges the taking of seventy-four mink pelts or skins, and alleges the value of the property taken to have been $303. Defendant was tried and convicted of the crime of larceny; the jury finding the value of the property taken to have been $88. He was sentenced to serve an indeterminate term in the penitentiary, not exceeding five years, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPreston, J.
I. Appellant complains of the conduct of the county attorney in his opening statement to the jury, and of the admission of evidence in regard to the matters thus referred to; he also complains of one of the instructions. The first two propositions may be considered together.
The record shows that, over defendant’s objection, the counsel for the state in the opening statement to the jury said:
*140Now the evidence will further show, gentlemen of the jury, that this defendant, Clark, is a common thief and burglar. The evidence will show that he has been convicted of theft and burglary, and that he…
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