State v. Cessna
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Hamilton District Court. — Hon. R. M. Wright, Judge. The defendant was accused of assault with intent to murder, and was convicted of an assault with intent to do great bodily injury. He appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
The defendant, with his family, resided in the second story of a flat, and at about 9 o’clock in the evening of October 29, 1913, Rufus E. Nelson, sheriff of Hamilton county, with his deputy, C. D. Carl, night policeman, Bert Williams, and Herman Rutledge, entered from the hallway a room about 18 feet long and 12 feet wide. Immediately thereafter, defendant came in through a door at the opposite comer and, according to the testimony of Nelson, said, “It’s me you are looking for, is it?” and pointed an army gun at Carl, who cried, “Cessna, don’t shoot.” Nelson moved a little toward him, when…
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