Case Name: The State of Iowa v. Dawson
Court: Iowa Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Iowa
Decision Date: 1864-12
Citations: 17 Iowa 584
Docket Number: 
Parties: The State of Iowa v. Dawson.
Judges: 
Reporter: Iowa Reports
Volume: 17
Pages: 584–584

Head Matter:
The State of Iowa v. Dawson.
Appeal from, Mills District Cowt— Tuesday, December 13.
laeoent: jtjkisdiction.
No appearance for the appellant— O. 0. Nourse, Attorney-General, for the State.

Opinion:
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.