Legal Opinion

State v. Griffin

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided February 11, 1890PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from Warren District Court. — Hon. O. B. Ayres, Judge. Defendant was indicted, tried and convicted of the crime of larceny, and lie appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtRoth'eock, C. J.

' indictment: sufficiency. I. The body of the indictment is in these words: “The said William H. Griffin, on the ninth day of August, A. D. 1886, in the county of Warren aforesaid, took, stole and . , „ , „ carried away one horse of the value oi one hundred and fifty dollars, the said property belonging to one James Wheeler, contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, against the peace and dignity of the state of Iowa.” It is claimed by counsel for defendant that the indictment is fatally defective, in that it is not alleged therein that the horse was feloniously taken…

2Cited by11 opinions

  1. United States v. Ninety-Nine DiamondsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
  2. State v. CarnagySupreme Court of Iowa · 1898
  3. Baldwin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1903
  4. State v. HutchinsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1895
  5. McIntosh v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1920

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