State v. Norton
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Hamilton District Court. The defendant was indicted for keeping, in a certain building, intoxicating liquors, with intent to sell the same in the building in violation of law. There was a verdict of guilty, and judgment was rendered upon the verdict. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
i. criminal refdeindictmakeopening jury^rreg-0 waived. I. Upon the trial of the case the district attorney, by oversight, omitted to read to the jury the indictment, and omitted to make a statement of the case, but proceeded at once and introduced the evidence in behalf of the state, and rested. The defendant then filed a motion for an order directing his acquittal and discharge, on account *642of the fact that the indictment had not been read, and no statement of the case had been made; but the court overruled the motion, and allowed the indictment to be read, and offered to allow the defendant…
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