State v. Munchrath
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — Hon. George W. Wakefield, Judge. Pred Munolirath, Jr., John Arensdorf and others were jointly indicted for the murder of George C. Haddock, committed in Sioux City on the third day of August, 1886. Separate trials were demanded. The first trial of Arensdorf was had at the March term, 1887, of the Woodbury district court, and resulted in a disagreement of the jury.
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Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — Hon. George W. Wakefield, Judge. Pred Munolirath, Jr., John Arensdorf and others were jointly indicted for the murder of George C. Haddock, committed in Sioux City on the third day of August, 1886. Separate trials were demanded. The first trial of Arensdorf was had at the March term, 1887, of the Woodbury district court, and resulted in a disagreement of the jury. The trial of Munchrath was commenced on the seventh day of the next September, and resulted in his conviction of the crime of manslaughter. A motion for a new trial was overruled, and he was…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
i. criminal law: lengeslo?111' specific1.118* I. Appellant complains of the action of the district court in overruling each of fourteen challenges of jurors for cause. During the empanelling of the jury he exhausted his twenty peremptory challenges, but the jury, as finally constituted, contained three of the jurors he had challenged for cause. The statute requires that a challenge for cause “must distinctly specify the facts constituting the causes of challenge.” Code, sec. 4405. Among the causes for challenging a j uror, specified in the section *271named, is the following: “(11) Having formed…
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