State v. Bading

The defendant, John Bading, is a farmer living in the northern part of Linn county, owning and operating a farm upon which he. kept a large amount of stock consisting of hogs and cattle. These were mainly purchased from other parties and fed on his farm. There were three separate sales of the hogs which it is claimed by the State were received by him unlawfully under the provisions of section 13042, Code of Iowa, 1939. William Preston, from whom Bading purchased some of the hogs, is about thirty years old and had been a resident of Missouri up to 1943, when he came to Iowa and went to work…