State v. Sterrett
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Louisa District Oourt. The defendant was accused of murder of the second degree, committed, as charged in the indictment, in the killing of one Wade Campbell. On the trial of the indictment he was convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to a term of imprisonment, and from this judgment he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
At the time of the transaction in question, the defendant was about sixteen, and the deceased, about eighteen, *77years of age. Tliey were pupils iu the same school, and sat near each other in the school-room. On the day of the occurrence the defendant, feeling some inconvenience from the heat of the stove, raised a window near which he and the deceased were sitting. Deceased immediately^ closed the window. Defendant raised it again, and placed a book under it. In a short time after this occurrence the school was dismissed for a recess. Soon after defendant passed out of the school-house he was…
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