State v. Fletcher

This case arises out of the same burglary considered in the case of State v. Bales, 246 Iowa 446, 68 N.W.2d 95. On the night of December 21-22, 1953, a produce and feed store operated by Kenneth J. Butler in the town of Lacona, in Warren County, was broken into and a safe therein was entered and about $200 in money taken therefrom. The safe itself was not locked, but it contained metal drawers which were. These were broken into. The testimony shows they were forced open by the use of a steel punch which was later found in the possession of Charles Bales, the defendant in the other case to…