State v. Seymour
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Jones District Court. — Hon. J. H. Preston, Judge. December 17,1890, defendant was indicted' for tbe crime of murdering his father-in-law, one G. P. Fifield. In June, 1894, he was tried and convicted of the crime of murder in the second degree, and was sentenced to imprisonment for life. He appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
The body of George P. Fifield was found! lying on the Northwestern Railway track, in the suburbs of the city of Anamosa, at about 8:20 o’clock in the evening of the ninth of September, 1890. It was lying within a few feet, of a. small culvert; the feet in the center of the track, the body diag'Omally across it, the head resting on a tie on the north side of the track. The body was inclined to the left, with the face turned np. His hand» were in the pockets of hi's trousers. He was bleeding freely, a» the nostrils and Ms month were filled with blood. Tbe skull was crushed and fractured on. the…
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