State v. Perigo
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Adams District Court. The defendant was accused of the crime of murder, committed, as was charged in the indictment, in the killing of one John Hidinger. He was convicted of murder of the second degree, and sentenced to a term of imprisonment in the penitentiary, and from that judgment he appeals to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtPeed, J.
I. The following is the indictment against the defendant: “The grand jury * * * accuse i. MuiiDBit in fiídíáment.' Bobert Perigo of the crime of murder of the first degree. The said Bobert Perigo, * * * in and upon the body of one John Hidinger, then and there being, willfully, feloniously, premeditatedly, and of his malice aforethought, did commit an assault with a deadly weapon, being a pistol, then and there held in the hand of the said Bobert Perigo, and loaded and charged with gunpowder and leaden balls; and then and there the said Bobert Perigo, with the specific intent to kill and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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