State v. Vincent
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Powesheik District Court. Kirk G. Vincent was indicted at tbe December Term, 1866, of the District Court of Powesheik county, for the murder of Claiborn Showers, and at the April Term, 1867, of said court, was convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of eight years. The prisoner appeals to this court. All facts necessary to a proper understanding of the points decided will be found in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
The alleged crime for which the prisoner stands convicted, was committed in May, 1863, and he was not arrested for more than three years afterward. The evidence against him is almost exclusively of a circumstantial character. Ve can scarcely refer to a case that has fallen , within our knowledge, which presents such numerous, varied, complicated, and at the same time, concordant circumstances, upon which it became necessary to determine the guilt or' innocence of an ac*572cused, as the record before us discloses. The identity of the prisoner and the deceased; their presence together in the…
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