State v. McKinstry
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Washington District Court. — Hon. A. R. Dewey, Judge. The defendant was convicted of the crime of larceny, sentenced to imprisonment for nine months in the county jail, and to pay a fine of one hundred dollars, and costs, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtKinne, J.
1. I. The facts are, that a set of double harness the property of one C. B. Morgan, was, on the night of May 25,1895, stolen from his barn; that it was found on the following Monday (May 27), in a .box in the defendant’s possession, among other goods, which defendant was loading into a car, preparatory to shipping it to the state of Kansas. When the officer went to make the arrest, the defendant attempted to run away, but this act appears to have been to avoid the service of.an original notice in a damage case against him. The harness was taken on Saturday night, and after half past ten…
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