State v. Cowman

Shelley Cowman was convicted by a jury in Story County, Iowa, under an indictment charging him with the crime of larceny from a building in the nighttime. The material part of said indictment is as follows:

“The said Shelley Cowman on or about the 13th day of March [1946] * # * did steal, take and carry- away 238 cartons of cigarettes in excess of value of $300, the property of one Jeffrey Ilouge, and the said stealing, taking and carrying away * * * was committed in the nighttime and the property * * * was taken from a building known as the Imperial Oil station.” *

To this indictment the…