State v. Cox

MASON, Justice.

Crawford A. Cox was charged, tried and convicted of the crime of going armed with intent contrary to section 695.1, The Code. His motions for new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled and he was sentenced to the state penitentiary at Fort Madison for not to exceed five years.

Defendant appeals from the judgment and sentence imposed upon his conviction contending the trial court erred in: (1) not sustaining his demurrer to the county attorney’s information on the grounds that it violated Amendment 5 of the federal constitution, (2) in misdirecting the jury by…