State v. Swift

Defendant, Joe Swift, was charged with the crime of murder in the first degree. He was informed against in the district court of Sioux county, for having wilfully, unlawfully, and with malice aforethought, shot and killed one Howard Smith, on the 9th day of December, 1919.

The case was tried in Adams county, and defendant was found guilty of manslaughter in the second degree, and the jury fixed his punishment at five years in the penitentiary. Judgment was entered thereon, and his motion for new trial having been denied, defendant appeals.

Eor purposes of the record, we will refer to Joe Swift,…