STATE v. BALES

No. 48576.

68 N.W.2d 95 (1955)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Charles Harlan BALES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 12, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund Scarpino and Donald Hise, Des Moines, for appellant.

Dayton Countryman, Atty. Gen., Raphael R. R. Dvorak, Asst. Atty. Gen., and M. C. Herrick, County Atty., Indianola, for appellee.


THOMPSON, Justice.

On the night of December 21-22, 1953, a store building in the town of Lacona in which Kenneth J. Butler operated a produce and feed business was burglarized. There was a breaking and entering of the building, and a safe therein was opened. Within the safe were certain drawers which were opened by use of a metal instrument. From these, or one of them, approximately $200 in currency and coins was taken. Certain marks were left on the drawers which...

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