State v. Helm
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Keokuk District 'Court. — How. A. R. Dewey, Judge. The defendant ^vas indicted for the murder of Walter Clark. There was a trial, which resulted in a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree, and a judgment of imprisonment in the penitentiary for eighteen years. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, C. J.
*3801 *379I. This is the second appeal by the defendant in this case. See 92 Iowa, 540 (61 N. W. Rep. 246). It is not denied that the defendant killed Walter Clark by shooting him with a revolver. And it is not claimed that the shooting was acci- • dental. In the trial from which this appeal -was taken, as well as upon the former trial, the contention was that the killing was done in self-defense. The judgment was reversed upon the former appeal, upon questions which are. not now involved in the case. The tragedy occurred in the night-time, on a public road in Keokuk county, near the residence of one…
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