State v. Boynton
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Audubon District Court. — Hon. H. E. Deemek, Judge. Tiie defendants, F. L. Boynton, an attorney, and James McClure, a constable of Crawford county, were employed by Payne Bros., of West Side, to take and remove certain personal property then in the possession of one John Concanan, at his place of residence, in Audubon county. Payne Bros, claimed a right to the property by virtue of certain chattel mortgages and a bill of sale.
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Appeal from Audubon District Court. — Hon. H. E. Deemek, Judge. Tiie defendants, F. L. Boynton, an attorney, and James McClure, a constable of Crawford county, were employed by Payne Bros., of West Side, to take and remove certain personal property then in the possession of one John Concanan, at his place of residence, in Audubon county. Payne Bros, claimed a right to the property by virtue of certain chattel mortgages and a bill of sale. This right was denied by Concanan, who insisted that these instruments were given to hinder and delay his creditors, that nothing was due thereon and that…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
1. Assault and battery information: requirements. — I. Appellants object to the sufficiency of the information under which they were convicted, on the ground that it does not charge that the acts of which complaint is made were done in an “angry and wilful manner,” and “ with a purpose to hurt or inflict corporal injury.” The third subdivision of section 4662 of the Code requires, in an information of the kind in question, “a statement of the acts constituting the offense in ordinary and concise language.” The information charges that defendants “ did then and there violently beat, bruise,…
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