State v. Dowden
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Fayette District Court.— Hon. L. E. Eel-lows, Judge. Deeendant was indicted for the crime of larceny, and was also charged with being an habitual criminal. Upon trial he was convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of thirty-five years. He appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
1. Larceny: indictment: duplicity. The indictment charges “ that Vernon Dowden at and within said county on the 13th day of March, 1907, willfully, fraudulently, by trick and artifice, and by false pretenses, with felonious intent on part 0f saf(j defendant, Vernon Dowden, to steal and fraudulently convert the same to his own use, and deprive the owner thereof without his consent, did then and there in the manner aforesaid obtain from George Erey a certain mare, and did then and there in the manner aforesaid feloniously steal, take and carry away said mare, of the value of $65, of the…
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