State v. O'Brien
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Mitchell District Court. — How. Gr. W. Ruddick, Judge. The defendant was indicted for the crime of murder, and upon a trial was found guilty of manslaughter. He was adjudged to be imprisoned for two years at bard labor in the penitentiary at Anamosa, and to pay the costs, and from that judgment he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The state claims, and the evidence tends to show, that the material facts of this case are substantially as follows: Prior to the fifteenth day of July, 1888, the defendant entertained ill will towards one Henry Stocum, on the alleged ground that the latter had accused him of throwing cream cans into the well of a Mr. Lida. He threatened Stocum with physical violence, to different persons, and seemed to be seeking an encounter with him. Both were boys about seventeen years of age, and of about the same size and weight, but Stocum had been affected for some time by a heart trouble, and was not…
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