State v. Dorland
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Fayette District Court. — Hon. L. E. Pellows, Judge. Indictment for murder. Verdict of manslaughter. Judgment thereon, and the defendant appealed.—
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
*1741 *169I. The indictment is, for murder in the first degree against Frank Darland and Willie Smith. Separate trials were granted. On the eleventh of December, 1894, Dorland, Smith, one Bowser, and Andrew and Jacob Nelson started from West Union, in Fayette county, Iowa, in a wagon. It seems that Bowser owned and drove the team. Dorland, Bowser, and Andrew Nelson occupied a seat, with Dorland between the other two. Jacob Nelson and Smith stood up behind the others. They had some alcohol, and had been drinking. Some three miles from West Union, the men became involved in a quarrel, resulting in the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. DonovanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1883
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