State v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Calhoun District Court.- — IIon. M. E. Hutchison, Judge. The defendant was indicted with, one Roy Mertens for murder in the first degree.
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Appeal from, Calhoun District Court.- — IIon. M. E. Hutchison, Judge. The defendant was indicted with, one Roy Mertens for murder in the first degree. The indictment was in three counts' — the first count was in the ordinary form, charging first degree murder; the second charged that the billing was done at a time when defendants were engaged in the perpetration or attempt to perpetrate a burglary; and the third charged that defendants broke and entered the dwelling house of James White with intent to commit a public offense, to wit, larceny and robbery. Separate trials were had. This is the…
1Opinion of the CourtPreston, J.
— About midnight of May 29, or early in the morning of May 30, 1911, James White and his son, Matthew White, ivere killed within a few minutes of each other in the home of the father. The pistol shots which caused their death were fired by defendant Wilson, or his codefendant, Mertens. They were jointly indicted for the killing of the senior White. Defendant admits he went to the house with Mertens, but denies that he was inside where the shooting took place.
The coroner, Dr. Townsend, who was also a physician and surgeon, arrived at the scene about 2 o’clock in the morning of May 30th, and…
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