State v. Clay

MASON, Justice.

William Russell Clay was charged by county attorney’s information with the crime of breaking and entering Powell’s Hardware Store in South English, Iowa, on or about November 18, 1971, with intent to commit a public offense, to wit: larceny contrary to section 708.8, The Code, 1971. He appeals from judgment sentencing him to the Men’s Reformatory for a term not to exceed ten years following conviction by a jury of the offense charged.

In the early morning hours of November 18, 1971, first Atha Trusler, and then her husband, Ross, noticed a dark colored car parked in the street…