State v. Pell
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Marshall District Court. — Hon. C. B. Bradshaw, Judge. The defendant was indicted and put on trial for murder in the first degree, but the court directed the jury that under the evidence he could not be convicted of a higher ' offense than murder in the second degree. The jury found him guilty of murder in that degree, and he was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of twenty-five years. From this sentence he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
!. Constitutionutesfdiawlng of junes. — I. The panel of the grand jury from which were drawn the names of the grand jurors finding ■the indictment against defendant was selected from a graild W list made the board of supervisors under direction of the court, in accordance with the provisions of Acts 32,d General Assembly, chapter 12 (Code Supp. 1907, sections 337a-337d). At various stages of the proceeding counsel for appellant raised objections to the validity of the drawing of this grand jury, and to the indictment found by it on account of the method of selecting the panel, and we first…
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