State v. Kneedy

— Appellant, Herbert Kneedy, was indicted for assault with intent to murder one Cook. Upon the trial the court withdrew from the jury the crime charged in the indictment but submitted the included offenses of assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury and assault and battery. The jury found Kneedy guilty of assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury, on the theory that he aided and abetted Claude Van, who struck the blow. In a separate trial, Yan was convicted of the same offense and his conviction has been upheld by us. State v. Van, 232 Iowa 34, 2 N. W. 2d 748.

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