State v. Barrackmore
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pollc District Court. The defendant was convicted of the crime of larceny in stealing a horse and now appeals to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
i. criminal iaw: larceny, The horse was the property of one Michael Angelas. The defendant is a horse trader, and he took the horse and exchanged it for another horse. Negotiations had taken place between Angelas and the defendant in relation to the defendant’s buying the horse or exchanging it for another. The negotiation was carried on in *685the English language, which Angelas spoke imperfectly. There was evidence tending to show that the defendant might have understood that he was authorized to take the horse and pay $50 when he disposed of the horse, or give Angelas a better one.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Muldowney v. Illinois Central R. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1871
3Cited by4 opinions
- State v. McCrackenMontana Supreme Court · 1933
- Murphy v. OlberdingSupreme Court of Iowa · 1899
- State v. SchmidtSupreme Court of Iowa · 1948
- Commonwealth v. WilsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920