Supreme Court of Iowa, 1864

State v. Dawson

State v. Dawson
Supreme Court of Iowa · Decided December 15, 1864 · Pee
17 Iowa 584

State v. Dawson

Opinion of the Court

Pee Curiam

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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