State v. Morrison

The county attorney of Madison county, Iowa, filed an information, charging W. E. McLuen and Samuel Morrison with the crime of larceny from a building in the nighttime.

Morrison filed a demurrer, in which he alleged that the information accused him of a crime which is not known to the statutes of the state of Iowa, and that it does not substantially conform to the requirements of the Code. The demurrer was overruled, and the defendant then entered a plea of not guilty. There was evidence offered and the case submitted to the jury, which returned a verdict of guilty, and the court entered…