State v. Bennett
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Scott District Court. — Hon. D. V. Jackson, Judge. Dependant was indicted for the crime of murder. Upon trial to a jury slie was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to the penitentiary for life. She appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
Early in the morning of July 12, 1908, the body of Mary Mason, wife of Charles Mason, was found in the doorway of a coal shed which was to the rear of the Mason home. Upon the head of Mrs. Mason there was a bruise and a cut from which considerable blood had,flowed. The body was found as a result of a search instituted when it was discovered that she was not *216at home as usual. Mrs. Mason was alive when discovered, but unconscious, and she never regained consciousness; her death resulting on the 13th of July. The house in which the Masons lived is what was called a “four-family one”; but two…
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- State v. WestcottSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
- Betts v. BettsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1901
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