State v. Brant
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Johnson District Court. Indictment for willful and malicious injury to a cbureb. Demurrer, for causes stated in the opinion of the court, was overruled. The- jury returned a verdict of guilty, whereupon the defendant moved the court to set aside the verdict, and grant a new trial. This motion was overruled and judgment entered on the verdict. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWright, J.
The indictment charges that defendant did, in October, 1860, “Willfully and maliciously injure and ■deface a certain church building, commonly called a church, of the value of one thousand dollars, &c., the property of J. L., J. S. and N. G., as elders of the Church of God, to the great damage of the said J. S., &e., as such elders, by breaking in the windows of said church building, and splitting and breaking the doors of the same, contrary, &c.”
It is objected that the District Court had no jurisdiction, as by § 4827, the maximum punishment for the offense described is fixed at a fine of one…
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