State v. Williams
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Mahaska District Court. — HoN. A. R. Dewey, Judge. Deeendant was indicted, tried, and convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree, and his punishment was fixed as death. From the'judgment on the verdict defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Deemed, O. J.
Defendant is a negro. On the afternoon of Sunday, December 8,.1901, he, with several colored men and four white men, were in a saloon conducted by one Gaines, in or near the town of Buxton, in Mahaska county. All were drinking, and more or less intoxicated. One McOully, who was considerably under the influence of liquor, made the remark in the presence of the others that his brother had the fastest trotting horse in the state. Defendant said in response that he had a couple of trotters which he would bet a dollar co.uld outtrot him. Mc-Oully replied that his brother’s horse could…
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