State v. Jackson

1 I. The defendant, Jackson, was indicted, jointly with-one Richard Wallace, for the murder of Richard Baker, a 'colored man, commonly known as Texas Baker, oh the night of November 4, or early morning of November 5, 1895, at Council Bluffs, Iowa. 'Some facts are without dispute. One John Webster, the defendant, and Baker, with many others, were in front of the Metropolitan saloon, on Broadway street, in said city, when an altercation arose between Webster and Baker because Webster had taken a. cigar from Baker’s mouth. Baker left the crowd, and crossed the street, and soon returned; and, as…