State v. Cole
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Glcvrlce District Gow't. The defendant was indicted for tbe crime of murder by means of poison. Having been convicted, lie was sentenced to confinement in tbe penitentiary for life. From tliis judgment be appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
The defendant was charged with the murder of bis wife. In April, 1880, the deceased, Laura Cole, became confined in childbirth. While thus confined, she manifested symptoms of having been poisoned. She survived the birth of her child á few days and died. Soon after the burial the suspicion that she was poisoned became so strong that the coroner caused the body to be exhumed and a post mortem examination to be made. the examination; as the evidence tends to show, revealed arsenic in the stomach. the defendant was suspected of having administered the poison, and was indicted and tried, with the…
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