State v. Hathaway
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Folk District Court. — Hon. C. P. Holmes, Judge. The defendants, Robert Sylvanus Hathaway and William Jacob Palmer, were convicted of the crime of larceny, and from the judgment, which required them to be imprisoned in the penitentiary at Fort Madison for a term of years, they appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The indictment charges the defendants with larceny of property, of' B. T. Kent, of the value of fifty dollars. The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charge, but the jury found them guilty, and fixed the value of the property stolen at twenty-five dollars. That the defendants were guilty of stealing the property in question is not denied in this court, but it is insisted that its value is less than twenty dollars, and that they were convicted of a higher degree of the offense charged than that of which they were guilty.
1 I. Mrs. Alice Kent, the wife of B. T. Kent, testified that the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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