State v. Brownlee
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Warren District Court. — Hon. J. H. Hendeeson, Judge. The defendant was indicted for maliciously threatening to shoot and kill one O. P. Wright, with the intent thereby to procure the signature of said Wright, against his will, to certain promissory notes aggregating seventeen thousand dollars. He was convicted, and sentenced to be confined in the state penitentiary for the term of eighteen months. From this judgment he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtKinne, J.
The material and undisputed facts in this case, as disclosed in testimony, are as follows: That the defendant, believing that he had a grievance of a financial nature against one O. P. Wright, conceived the plan of obtaining remuneration and satisfaction for the wrongs he claimed to have suffered by compelling Wright to sign promissory notes which he (Brownlee) had prepared, aggregating the sum of seventeen thousand dollars, and payable to himself. To accomplish this purpose he sought the aid of one Prank Duncan, and had several interviews with him. Duncan appeared to enter into the plans of…
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