State v. Porter
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Madison District Court. The defendant was indicted for the murder of Ms father, John Porter. At the August term, 1869, of the Madison district court, he was tried, found guilty of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for twenty years. Defendant appeals. The neees - sary facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
The printed abstract comprises over five hundred pages. Upon the return of the verdict the defendant filed a motion for a new trial, embracing fourteen grounds. This being overruled he filed his motion in arrest of judgment, including thirteen grounds. The references in appellant’s argument are to the written transcript, and not to the printed abstract. We have thus been need: lessly embarrassed in our consideration of the case. The objections urged are so numerous that, in order to bring the opinion within reasonable space, it is necessary to group many of them together, and to consider them…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Smith v. KnightSupreme Court of Iowa · 1893
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- State v. McGruderSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
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