State v. Farr
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mahaska Diskrict Court. The defendant is indicted for murder in the second degree, and was tried and convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to the penitentiary for five years, from which judgment he appeals. The further facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
1. orimutal «nuance. On the 1st day of the term (February, 1871), the defendant made an application for a continuance of the cause on the ground of the absence of a witness, the brother of the defendant. The application showed that the witness was the person who shot the man of whose murder defendant is charged in the indictment; that he left the State immediately after the commission of the act, and his whereabouts has not been known to defendant, although he has made frequent . and repeated efforts, and has frequently inquired of the wife of the witness, who resides in Mahaska county, and…
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