State v. Archer
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Appanoose District Court. The defendant was accused, by indictment, of murder in tbe first degree, committed, as was charged, in the killing of one George Woods. He was found guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced to a term of imprisonment in the penitentiary, and from that judgment he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
The killing of George Woods occurred on the third of October, 1884. On the morning of that day the defendant left his home, accompanied by his wife and children, intending to spend the day gathering nuts in the timber bordering the Chariton river. The road on which they traveled passes through the farm of the deceased, and, when defendant reached that place, he left his team and wagon in the road, and went on foot into a partially inclosed pasture belonging to deceased; his object, as he testified, being to ascertain whether he could reach the timber to which he wished to go by driving…
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