State v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Kossuth District Court. An information was filed against the defendants before a justice of the peace, in which they were accused of the crime of selling intoxicating liquors, contrary to law. There were twenty counts in the information, each count charging a separate offense. The defendants were convicted on thirteen counts, and judgment was entered against them, imposing a fine upon each count on which they were convicted.
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Appeal from Kossuth District Court. An information was filed against the defendants before a justice of the peace, in which they were accused of the crime of selling intoxicating liquors, contrary to law. There were twenty counts in the information, each count charging a separate offense. The defendants were convicted on thirteen counts, and judgment was entered against them, imposing a fine upon each count on which they were convicted. From that judgment they appealed to the district court. On the trial in that court they were again convicted on each of said counts, and a like judgment was…
1Opinion of the CourtEeed, J.
The information was filed with tlie justice on the ninth of February, 1885. The district court instructed the jury that the state was not required to prove that the offenses were committed on the particular dates alleged in the information, but that they would be warranted in convicting tlie defendants if they found tliat they had made the sales charged in the information at any time between the fourth day of July, 1884, and the ninth day of March, 1885. It is provided by section 4301 of the Code, that “ the precise time at which the offense was committed need not be stated in the indictment,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. BellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1878
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