State v. Richmond
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clayton District Court. — 'Hon. A. N. Hob-son, Judge. Defendant was indicted, tried, and convicted of the crime of breaking and entering, and from a judgment sentencing him to imprisonment for the term of three years and nine months he appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtDeemek, J.
The State claims that defendant broke and entered the freight house of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company, at North Buena Yista in Clayton county, Iowa, and took therefrom some tobacco. In support of its claim it was permitted, over defendant’s objections, to show that after the crime was committed defendant went to the station agent of the railway company, and, quoting from the record: “ He says: ‘ You can settle this without letting the company know anything about it.’ And I says: ‘ I would look damn pretty settling anything like that.’ I wasn’t put there for that business.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- State v. LavinSupreme Court of Iowa · 1890
- State v. NugentSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
- State v. EmersonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1878
- State v. SoperSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1839
3Cited by1 opinion
- Nehring v. SmithSupreme Court of Iowa · 1951