State v. Howard
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Page District Court. — E. B. Woodruff, Judge. DEFENDANT appeals from a judgment of conviction of the crime of murder in the second degree, sentencing him to imprisonment in the penitentiary at Fort Madison at hard labor for. 15 years. —
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
The indictment in this case charged the defendant with murder in the first degree, committed August 22, 1919, in Page County, Iowa. The following will suffice for a general statement of the facts relating to and surrounding the occurrence. The tragedy occurred on the fairgrounds, in or near the city of Clarinda, shortly after midnight on the date mentioned. The defendant, who was employed by the fair association, was assuming to act as a peace officer, in the capacity of a deputy sheriff, and had been for several days, and during the fair. About midnight,- — perhaps a little thereafter, — the…
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