State v. Clay

On October 9, 1934, the grand jury of Johnson County, Iowa, returned an indictment against the defendant Louis Clay charging him with the crime of murder in that “the said Louis Clay in the county and state aforesaid, on or about, the 24th day of December, 1933, wilfully, deliberately, premeditatedly and with malice aforethought murdered George J. Folsom.” The defendant entered a plea of not guilty and upon trial to a jury, he was convicted of assault with intent to commit murder and sentenced to imprisonment for thirty years, from which judgment this appeal is taken,

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