State v. Schmidt

On October 10, 1946, the grand jury of Crawford County, Iowa, returned an indictment accusing Frank Schmidt of the crime of larceny in that the said Schmidt, on or about September 17, 1946, stole oats from Ray Bendixon in the amount of one hundred to one hundred fifty bushels, worth more than twenty dollars. Upon a plea of not guilty 'the cause was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict of guilty, finding the value of the oats to be' in excess of twenty dollars. From a judgment entered thereon, defendant, Frank Schmidt, appeals.

Appellant urges eight propositions as a basis for a reversal.…