State v. Williams
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from the Lee District Court. The defendant was indicted for unlawfully having in his possession, at the same time, twenty pieces of false money and coin, counterfeited in the similitude of silver coin, current by law and usage in the state of Iowa.
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Appeal from the Lee District Court. The defendant was indicted for unlawfully having in his possession, at the same time, twenty pieces of false money and coin, counterfeited in the similitude of silver coin, current by law and usage in the state of Iowa. The indictment averred, that of said false and counterfeit coin, ten pieces were of the denomination of half dollars, and ten pieces were of the denomination of quarter dollars; that the said defendant knew at the time, that said coin was false and counterfeit; and that he had the same in his possession, with intent to utter and pass the…
1Opinion of the CourtStockton, J.
1. The motion for a continuance was properly overruled. The affidavit of defendant in support of the motion, did not make out a good cause for a continuance. It is not shown, that the facts expected to be proved by the witness, were material, or relevant; nor is it shown that defendant knew of no other witness, by whom the same facts could be fully proved. It was necessary for the defendant to connect the testimony, expected to be given by the absent witness, with the offense with which the defendant w7as charged.
2. The demurrer to the indictment was for the reason, 1. That the same did hot…
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