State v. Brocks
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Court. — John T. Moemt, Judge. Trial on an indictment for the crime of murder in the first degree. Jury returned a verdict finding defendant guilty of murder in the second degree. Judgment was entered committing defendant to the penitentiary at Fort Madison, Iowa for the period of his natural life. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDe Graff, J.
About 6 o’clock on tbe morning of April 10th, 1919 the defendant Brooks shot and killed Harry Flip-pings in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Both parties were negroes and were employed at the Douglas Starch Works. The defendant’s work in the boiler room commenced at 6 and Flippings’s at the pumping station at 7 o’clock in the morning. There is no conflict in the testimony that the shooting occurred before daybreak and at a time when it was fairly dark. Two witnesses (husband and wife) by the name of Tenant testified that on the morning in question they met Flippings and his wife about 5:30 on First Street…
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