State v. Gigher
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Iowa District Court. Misdemeanor: joint and several trial: verdict in •WILLFUL TRESPASS : NEED NOT FIX VALUE \ ONE CO-DEFENDANT MAY ON JOINT TRIAL TESTIFY FOR THE OTHER.-The defendants were jointly indicted under section 4324 of the Revision “ for carrying away timber and wood from the land of another.” Plea — not guilty. Verdict— guilty. Judgment. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtDillon, J.
i criminal ana separate tnate. I. The court did not err in refusing' defendants’ motion for separate trials. Where, as in this case, ^e indictment is for a misdemeanor, the statute (Rev. § 4789) is express that the defendants “ may be tried separately or jointly in the dAseretion of the Court.” No facts are exhibited showing an abuse of the discretion which the *319law confides to. the District Court. See State v. Marvin, 12 Iowa, 499.
a. — willful verdict. II. It is objected that the verdict is insufficient, because it did. not, as is requisite in larceny, find the value of the property. There is…
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