State v. Davis
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Monona District Court. — George JepsoN, Judge. Defendant was indicted by the grand jury of Woodbury County for murder in the first degree. A change of venue was taken to Monona County, and upon trial he was found guilty by the jury of murder in the second degree. He was sentenced to imprisonment for life, and appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtPeeston, J.
i homicide: ac-potency1 of°testi-mony 1. In the early morning of July 22, 1919, Policemen Britton, Farley, Haggerty, and Shannon went to the car barn restaurant in Sioux City, to arrest this defendant, “Red” Burzett, and “Tex” Maynard. Upon entering the place, the officers commanded, ‘ ‘ hands up, ’1 and immediately the three, or some of them, began shooting at the officers, who returned the fire, and the room became filled with smoke. All the shots were fired in a very short time. One witness says that it continued not more than 10 seconds, all of it. Burzett, in the course of the shooting,…
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