State v. McKnight
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — Hon. A. R. Dewet, Judge. Indictment for murder. Conviction of murder in the second degree, and defendant appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The deceased was wife of the defendant. She was injured, it is alleged, in an assault made upon her person by the defendant, about Friday, June 14, 1901, and died on Sunday, June 23, 1901. On Monday, June 17th, and again on Friday, June 21st., she made statements concerning the alleged assault upon her by defendant, which statements were admitted in evidence as dying declarations. It is earnestly contended by counsel that the admission of this testimony was erroneous, for the reason that there was no sufficient showing that the declarations were made by the woman under a sense of impending…
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