State v. Burton
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jasper District Court. — IIon. D„ Ryan, Judge. The defendant was convicted of the crime of larceny, and appeals from the judgment which required that he be imprisoned in the state penitentiary at Ft. Madison, at hard labor, for a term of three years.—
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The indictment charges that the defendant committed the crime of larceny in January, 1894, by stealing six -hogs, each of which was of the *29actual value of six dollars. The verdict of the jury found the defendant guilty as charged, and fixed the value of the hogs stolen at forty-eight dollars, and seventy-five cents..
1 I. Section 4429 of the Code of 1873, is as follows: “Where there is a reasonable doubt of the degree of the offense of which the defendant is proven to be guilty, he shall only be convicted of the lower degree.” In larceny the extent of the punishment depéhds upon the value of…
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