State v. Dawson
Supreme Court of Iowa
State v. Dawson, 17 Iowa 584 (Iowa 1864)
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State v. Dawson
Opinion of the Court
When the prisoner was indicted for, and found guilty of stealing personal property of less than twenty dollars in value, in a dwelling home in the day time,
Held, that the District Court had jurisdiction of the offense, and that the same was not cognizable by or within the jurisdiction of a justice of the peace. See Revision, §§ 5055, 4238, 4239; Constitution, art. 1, § 11.
Affirmed.
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