State v. Moffitt
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Hamilton District Court. The defendant was indicted for tbe crime of willfully and maliciously burning tbe barn of one Samuel Ross, in tbe nigbt-time. Upon trial tbe defendant was found guilty, and was sentenced to imprisonment in tbe penitentiary for one year. He appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
— The appellant’s counsel make but two points: first, that the court erred in admitting certain letters written by the defendant in evidence; and, second, that the verdict is contrary to the evidence.
1. criminal Law : evidence I. The State offered in evidence five letters written by the defendant. To their admission the defendant objected, specifying in detail tbe grounds thereof. None 0f -j^g letters were written to tbe person whose barn was burned; nor do they contain even the most remote intimation of a threat to burn any property or to do any unlawful act. Tbe letters show tbat tbe…
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