State v. Dale

— There is ample evidence to sustain the verdict. Appellant seeks reversal because of alleged misconduct of counsel for the state in his closing argument to the jury and on the failure of the court to instruct the jury as to defendant’s theory of the ease.

On the afternoon of August 31, 1937, some men were engaged in flushing a storm sewer at an intersection of two streets in the city of Missouri Valley, Iowa. While so engaged, the defendant came along in his car and ran over them. He proceeded on down the street about a hundred feet before bringing his car to a stop. Two persons, who were…