State v. McCoy
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Johnson District Court. The defendant was indicted for setting fire, to shavings with intent to burn, and for setting fire to and burning a wagon shop in Iowa City. On the trial, the State offered . to prove certain facts, as set forth in the opinion, which, on objection by the defendant, were excluded. Exceptions were duly taken, and the State appeals from that ruling
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
i evi cX°iíai law' On the investigation of the case before the grand jury, a witness was called, who testified, that “on the night of the fire the defendant came in my saloon, drank three glasses of beer, asked for some matches, which I gave him, went out, and some ten or fifteen minutes after I heard the cry of fire. McCoy got the matches between twelve and one o’clock at night.” The minutes of this witness’s testimony, together with that of the other witnesses examined before the grand jury, were drily taken, certified, returned and filed with the indictment.
Upon the trial of the cause…
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