State v. Kuhn
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Keohuh District Court. — Hon. W. Gr. Clements, Judge. Defendant was accused and convicted of tbe crime of murder in tbe first degree. In substance, the indictment charges that she willfully administered strychnine poison to her husband, Charles Kuhn, from the effects of which he died on the 4th day of September of the year 1900. From a judgment of life imprisonment in the penitentiary, defendant appeals. —
1Opinion of the Court
Waterman, J. —
One contention of appellant, and perhaps the principal one, is that the evidence does not justify the verdict. As a knowledge of the facts is necessary to an understanding of the other matters presented, we shall in the outset give the case as we find it in the record.
1 Defendant and Charles Kuhn were married on the 80th day of May of the year of his death. She was 19 years of age; he was 24 years"her senior, and permanently crippled in one arm and hand and in both legs. He was a shoemaker, living and pursuing his .avocation in the town of Delta. They had been acquainted for…
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