State v. Steidley
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee District Court.— Hon. H. Bank, Judge. Ti-ie defendant was charged by indictment with burglary; that is, with breaking and entering a building belonging to one Nelson, in the night time, with intent to commit larceny. On trial he was convicted, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBishop, J.
The record in this case is in a very unsatisfactory condition. The abstract filed by appellant, after reciting .the indictment and the organization of the trial jury, starts out with the cross-examination of Henry Kesselring, the sheriff of the county; the question and answers having relation exclusively to the interest taken by him in the prosecution of the case. There was then called the wife of defendant, who testified to her husband’s long-continued ill health, to his appearance and actions when having *514spells of pain in his head, and to his habit of using intoxicating liquors in excessive…
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