State v. Jones
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Folk District Court. — Hon. O. P. .Holmes, Judge. The defendant was indicted for the crime of murder in the first degree. He was convicted of murder in the second degree, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
It is conceded that on the night of the twelfth day of June, 1891, the defendant killed one Frederick Kemp by cutting him on and about the head and neck with a razor. The killing occurred during an altercation between the deceased and the defendant and some other persons, and the sole ground of defense, on the trial in the court below, was that the homicide was committed in self-defense. The parties to the affray, which resulted in the death of Kemp, met at a camp meeting that was then being held in the outskirts of the city of Des Moines. The defendant was armed with a razor, and, after his…
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