State v. Brown

i. Criminal law: murder: evidence. I. At about 11 o’clock p. m. of September 19, 1910, Charles Barrett was killed by someone. Appellant contends that the evidence fails to identify him as the guilty person. Elizabeth Barrett, from whom 7 T77 7. 7 , deceased had been divorced several years, and a sister of defendant, with their three children, resided in a house on West Eighth street, in Oskaloosa. On the opposite side, and the width of a lot to the east, lived her parents. The defendant made his home with them, as did his son and wife. It was the latter’s birthday, and members of the family…