State v. Wright
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Sao District Court. Indictment for obtaining money under false pretenses. Trial by jury, who, under the direction of the court, found the defendant not guilty, and the state appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevees, J.
The record warrants the assumption that the evidence of one Webster was material, and without it there could no* be a conviction. Webster had testified as a witness on the preliminary examination of the defendant before a magistrate. The state claims that Webster died on the eighteenth day of February, 1885. This trial was commenced on the twentieth day of said month, and the state sought to prove, by a competent witness, what Webster testified to on such examination. To enable this to be done, the st,ate sought to establish the fact that Webster was dead; and one witness on the part of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ross v. LoomisSupreme Court of Iowa · 1884
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- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1891