State v. Duff
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Winneshiek District Court. — Hon. L. E. Fellows, Judge. The defendant was convicted of the crime of assisting a prisoner to escape from the jail of the county, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSherwin, J.
1. Criminal law aiding escape from jail: evidence. The evidence tended to show that the defendant delivered to one Frank H. Curb, who was lawfully detained in the jail of Winneshiek County, four steel ^ws, with which the said Curb attempted to effect his escape from said jail. The'defend-, an£ 0ffere¿ evidence to the effect that Curb had said to a witness by the name of Riley that he would have his wife bring him saws with which to cut away the bars that detained him.’ In rebuttál the State was permitted, over the defendant’s objection, to show by Mrs. Curb, the wife of Frank H. Curb, that…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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