State v. Jones
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Harrison District Court. The defendant was indicted for murder in the first degree. He was convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to the penitentiary for seven years. From the judgment he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
This case is before us on a second appeal. See 52 Iowa, 150.
The defendant was charged with the murder of one Roberts. In February, 1878, the defendant and Roberts were engaged in farming, and resided upon adjoining farms in the county of Pottawattamie. On the sixth day of that month Roberts was found dead in the road, about thirty i’ods from the defendant’s house. There was a hole in his head near one eye, and a pistol ball was found in his brain. lie had left home a short time previous, with the avowed intention of going on an errand to the house of one Axtel. The road from Roberts’ house to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Handy v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1853
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