Legal Opinion

State v. Rowland

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided June 9, 1887PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from Clarice District Court. DEFENDANT was indicted and convicted of grand larceny, and now appeals to this court.

1Opinion of the Court

Beck, J

*3281. LARCENY : flfeting evi-11" dence. *327I, The indictment charges tbe defendant with *328stealing four bead of cattle. It is insisted tliat tbe evidence fails to connect him with the larceny, which is J 7 cleai'ty established. But, in our opinion, the most that can be said upon this point is that it is a case of conflict of evidence. The defendant was identified by several witnesses as the person, or one of the persons, seen driving cattle on the road to the butcher’s to whom the stolen cattle were sold. That the cattle sold to the butcher were stolen cannot be doubted. An accomplice in the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1881
  2. State v. BluntSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. State v. StumpSupreme Court of Iowa · 1963
  2. State v. CraftonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1893
  3. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1936
  4. Gale H. Johnson v. John E. Bennett, Warden, Iowa State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
  5. State v. WorthenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904

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