42 Iowa 436
Decided March 22, 1876
Supreme Court of Iowa · decided 1876-03-22
TnE defendant was indicted for the crime of receiving and aiding in concealing stolen goods.
Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently October 1899
1 federal appellate ·
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Decided 1876-03-22
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¶1Where a person is charged with a crime, the failure to call witnesses to prove his general good character raises no presumption against it. State v. Kabrick, 39 Iowa, 277; State v. Oilkill, 7 Iredell, 251; People v. Bodin, 1 Dana, 282; People v. White, 24 Wendell, 520.
¶2Eeversed.