State v. Hall
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Benton District Court. — IIon. B. F. Cummings, Judge. The defendant was convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of $100.00 and to be imprisoned in tbe county jail for one year for the crime of entering a dwelling-house in the nighttime with intent to commit a public defense, to wit, adultery. From such judgment, he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPreston, J.
The evidence shows, without conflict, that on the night of June 17, 1913, or rather at about one o’clock in the morning, the defendant entered the basement of the dwelling-house occupied by L. G. Ruhl, with his wife and children.
1. ClimixAr, uw: misoonment: matters ofatriaieCeourt I. The first point argued and relied upon for reversal is the alleged misconduct of M. J. Tobin, one of the attorneys for the state, in his closing address to the jury. , ’ , . , . , The part ox the closing argument objected to is the statement that Mr. Ruhl, the prosecutwitness, was poisoned. The substance of the…
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