Knapp v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Erom Wayne Circuit Court; Henry C. Fox, Judge. Prosecution by the State of Indiana against John Knapp. From a judgment of conviction and a sentence of life imprisonment, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGillett, J.
Appellant appeals from a judgment in the above-entitled cause, under which he stands convicted of murder in the first degree. Error is assigned on the overruling of a motion for a new trial.
Appellant, as a witness in his own behalf, offered testimony tending to show a killing in self-defense. He after-wards testified, presumably for the purpose of showing that he had reason to fear the deceased, that before the killing he had heard that the deceased, who was the marshal of Hagerstown, had clubbed and seriously injured an old man in arresting him, and that he died a short time afterwards. On…
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