State v. Van Tassel
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Chickasaw District Court. — Hon. L. É. Fellows, Judge. The defendant was indicted, tried and convicted of the crime of murder of his wife, by administering to her a lethal dose or doses of strychnine. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, and from the judgment of the court, appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
The record is very voluminous, consisting of more than five hundred closely typewritten pages. A large number of errors are assigned, and we have examined the whole record with the care the importance of the case seems to demand.
1 I. The indictment is questioned. It is said that it does not allege that defendant did feloniously, wilfully, deliberately, premeditatedly, and of his malice aforethought, poison, kill, and murder his wife. The indictment charges, “that defendant did Jeloniously, wilfully, unlawfully, premeditatedly, and *10of his malice aforethought, contriving and intending one Ora…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Commonwealth v. CostleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- State v. BriggsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1886
- State v. CaterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
- State v. CliffordSupreme Court of Iowa · 1892
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- State v. ShephardSupreme Court of Iowa · 1963
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