State v. Vance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal, from Des Moines District Court. The defendant was indicted and tried for the crime of murder, in killing one Henry Haynes. He was found guilty of manslaughter, sentenced to the penitentiary for seven years, and to pay a fine of ¡$500. To reverse this judgment, he prosecutes this appeal, and assigns ten errors, which, so far as material, will be found referred to in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Wright, Ch. J.
That deceased was killed on the night of the 7th of August, 1863, there is no controversy. It is equally clear from the testimony that he was at the time on the premises of the prisoner, in the act of stealing melons, or in eating those which, with others, he had pulled and removed from the vines. The testimony also satisfactorily establishes that the mortal wound was inflicted on the head and neck, by a discharge from a gun then held and fired by the prisoner, and that the deceased lived for about one hour after being thus wounded. Thus much for the admitted or well established…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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