State v. Behm
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dubuque District Court — HoN. O. E. Couch, Judge. The defendant, Maggie Behm, was convicted of the crime of manslaughter, and sentenced to imprisonment in tbe penitentiary for the term of one year. She appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, Ch. J.
The defendant moved in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the indictment fails to charge an indictable offense. The court overruled the motion, and the overruling is assigned as error. The indictment charges that “ the defendant did willfully and feloniously make an assault in and upon a certain male child which had then and there been born alive to the said Maggie Behm, with the specific intent by the said Maggie Behm' then and there unlawfully and feloniously the said child to kill and murder ; and the said Maggie Behm did then and there unlawfully and felon-iously, and…
2Cited by3 opinions
- People v. BeardsleyMichigan Supreme Court · 1907
- State v. CantrellSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1945
- Carbo v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1908