Case Name: The State v. Kirkpatrick
Court: Iowa Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Iowa
Decision Date: 1888-05-22
Citations: 74 Iowa 505
Docket Number: 
Parties: The State v. Kirkpatrick.
Judges: 
Reporter: Iowa Reports
Volume: 74
Pages: 505–506

Head Matter:
The State v. Kirkpatrick.
Criminal Law : joint indictment : separate trials : discretion oe court. It is within the discretion of the trial court to grant or refuse separate trials to defendants jointly indicted, where the offense charged is less than a felony. (Code, secs. 4012, 4424.)
Appeal from Decatur District Court.
Filed, May 22, 1888.
Defendant appeals from a judgment which required him to pay a fine of two hundred dollars, and ordered his committal to the Decatur county jail for the term of sixty days unless said fine should be paid.

Opinion:
Robinson, J.
This cause was submitted on a transcript of the record entries, appeal-bond and notice of appeal. No argument was made for either party. We infer, from recitals in the record, that defendant was jointly indicted with another for lewdness. He demanded a separate trial, which was refused. In this there was no error, for the reason that the offense of which he was charged was not a felony, and it was within the discretion of the district court to refuse a separate trial. Code, secs. 4012, 4424. Exceptions were taken by defendant to the overruling of a motion for a change of place of trial, and on motion for a new trial. As the grounds of the motions are not shown, we cannot review these rulings. We have examined the record with care, but have found no error. ' . Affirmed.