State v. Walters
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Charles A. Dudley, .Judge. Conviction for maintaining a nuisance by selling intoxicating liquor and keeping same with intent to sell within a building in Polk County, contrary to law. Defendant was ordered to pay a fine of $1,000 and the costs of suit, including an attorney’s fee of $50, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSalinger, J.
i. criminal law: «e^?ht new-trial. I. We have no quarrel with the law cited for appellant, but doubt q-fcg relevancy, here.
State v. Billings, 81 Iowa 99, decides: (1) Where the remarks of the trial judge indicate that, in his opinion, the verdict was not supported by the evidence, it was his duty to set the verdict aside on that ground, and having failed to do so, the conviction should for that reason be reversed, independent of the views of the Supreme Court of the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict; (2) where the undisputed facts are inconsistent with murder, but consistent…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Deal v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1895
- State v. TweedySupreme Court of Iowa · 1860
- State v. SalingSupreme Court of Iowa · 1916
- State v. WiseSupreme Court of Iowa · 1891
- State v. BrainardSupreme Court of Iowa · 1868
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- State v. BurleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1917
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