State v. Fraunburg
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Des Moi/nes District Court. The defendant was indicted in the District Court of Wapello county for the crime of manslaughter in the killing of L. S. Barker, on the 8th of December, 1869. The indictment, with the other papers in the case, was transferred to the District Court of Des Moines county for trial, where, on the 26th day of September, 1873, the defendant was convicted of the crime charged iu the indictment.
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Appeal from Des Moi/nes District Court. The defendant was indicted in the District Court of Wapello county for the crime of manslaughter in the killing of L. S. Barker, on the 8th of December, 1869. The indictment, with the other papers in the case, was transferred to the District Court of Des Moines county for trial, where, on the 26th day of September, 1873, the defendant was convicted of the crime charged iu the indictment. From the judgment rendered against him he appeals to this court. •
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Ch. J.
I. On the trial in the District Court the District Attorney offered in evidence a certain writing as the 1. FA-nwra-cE: dying decía-ration. dying declaration of the deceased, Lineas S. Barker, , , , . , , . ,, , , ,, which was admití,ed by the court, against tne objection of defendant’s attorneys. This ruling' they now assign as error. The writing contained what purported to be a statement of Barker, of the facts and circumstances attending the injury received by him at the hands of the defendant, which resulted in Barker’s death. The statement was not written or signed by him,…
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