State v. Walker

REYNOLDSON, Justice.

In 1973 defendant brothers were caring for approximately 130 cattle on their mother’s farm in Polk County. Each was charged in one preliminary information with cruelty to animals in failing to provide them with food, drink and shelter, § 717.3, The Code, and in ten separate preliminary informations with failure to dispose of a dead animal within 24 hours, § 167.18, The Code. These charges were filed in Ankeny police court. Each defendant was tried on the § 717.3 charge and one of the § 167.18 charges on June 8, 1973. Defendants appealed pro se to district court, and were…