State v. Peffers
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Marshall District Court. — Hon. S. M. Weaver, Judge. Dependant was convicted of the crime of murder in the second degree, and was adjudged to be confined in the penitentiary at Ft. Madison at hard labor for the term of fifteen years, and to pay the costs of prosecution. From that judgment he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
— In the evening of the twenty-fourth day of September, 1889', the defendant killed one John Cathers by stabbing him with a pocket-knife. A few minutes before that occurred the wife of the defendant passed deceased and one Rinard, as they were sitting in front of a drug store in Marshalltown. She made some remark, and conducted herself in such a manner that Cathers followed her. He overtook her within a short distance, and the two were walking together when the *582defendant approached. Some words passed between him and Oathers; there was a brief struggle, and a knife wound was inflicted, which…
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