State v. Shearer

• Decision Date: 17 May 1912
• Citation: 136 N.W. 195
• Parties: STATE v. SHEARER.
• Court: Iowa Supreme Court

136 N.W. 195

STATE

v.SHEARER.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 17, 1912.

Appeal from District Court, Cerro Gordo County; C. H. Kelley, Judge.

The defendant was indicted for murder in the first degree and on trial was convicted, and, in accordance with the determination of the jury expressed in its verdict that the punishment should be imprisonment in the penitentiary for life, he was sentenced to such imprisonment, and from such sentence he appeals. Affirmed.P. J. Dougherty, of Dougherty, and Coughlon & Breese, of Mason City, for appellant.

The Attorney General, for the State.

PER CURIAM.

This appeal is submitted on a short transcript of the record which shows only indictment, instructions, verdict, and judgment. An examination of the record fails to disclose any error committed by the trial court and the judgment is affirmed.