State v. Pierce
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Warren District Court. — Hon. J. H. Henderson, Judge. The defendant was indicted in tbe district court of Polk county for the willful, deliberate, and premeditated murder of E. H. Wishard. The venue of the-case was changed to the district court of Warren county, where a trial was had which resulted in a ver-diet and judgment for manslaughter. The defendant, appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRotheook, J.
I. There is no controversy as to the fact that E. H. Wishard is dead, and that he was-killed by-the defendant. The defendant was arrested, and a preliminary hearing was had before a magistrate, and he was held to abide the action of the grand jury at the next term of the district court. When the grand jury was called, the defendant interposed the following challenge to the panel: “Mr. Haskins: The defendant challenges the array of the panel for the-reason that section 236 of the Code, provides that a county auditor shall, on the first Monday in September in each year, apportion the number of…
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