State v. Hanley
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Monroe District Court.— Hon. M. A. Roberts, Judge. The indictment accused the defendant of the crime of having in his possession burglar’s tools with intent to commit the crime of burglary. On the trial he was convicted, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Bishop, J.—
The defendant came to Albia, in Monroe county, on the evening of November 14, 1905, and put up at the Transient House. He was assigned to room No. 9, which he occupied during the night, and after breakfast next morning went out into the city: There was evidence tending to show that when he came to the hotel he wore a cravenette overcoat, and that when he went out in the morning he did not take it with him; that, as he went away,- he said to- a man with him that his overcoat was upstairs, and he did not need it. The landlady of the hotel testified that she went into his room in the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. Van WinkleSupreme Court of Iowa · 1890
3Cited by2 opinions
- People v. BirnbaumAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1924
- State v. GormanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1923