State v. Hockett
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mahaska District Court. INDICTMENT for murder in tbe first degree. Tbe jury found tbe defendant guilty as charged in the indictment, and that lie should be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for life, at bard labor; and judgment was accordingly entered. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Seeveks, J".
I. It is provided by statute that, “upon trial of an indictment for murder, the jury, if they find the defend-1. mukdbk: power of jury to fix penal-tionSity'of1" statute. ant guilty of murder in'the first degree, must . J. , . ° designate in their verdict whether he shall be y pushed by death, or imprisonment for life, at bal’d labor, in the penitentiary.” McClain’s St., p. 972, § 2. The constitution provides that “the judicial power shall be vested in a supreme court, district court, and such other courts, inferior to the supreme court, as the general assembly shall, from time to…
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