State v. Woodard
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Decatur District Court.— Hon. H. E. Evans, Judge. The defendant was convicted of murder by poisoning, and from the judgment entered he appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtBishop, J.
1 Examination of witnesses: indefiniteness as to time.
The deceased was the wife of the defendant. The State relied for a conviction upon circumstantial evidence, and one of the circumstances was that defendant held a policy of insurance on the life wife. It was conceded that a policy had heen payable to defendant as beneficiary, and that such policy was in his possession at the time of the death of his wife. A. B. Shrimplin, agent of the insurance company, as a witness for the State, testified to the issuance of the policy, and the giving of a premium note in consideration thereof, and that…
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