STATE v. BECKWITH

No. 47669.

46 N.W.2d 20 (1951)

STATE v. BECKWITH.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 6, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. L. Beecher, of Waterloo, and E. W. Ruppelt, of Grundy Center, for appellant.

Robert L. Larson, Atty. Gen., Don Hise, Asst. Atty. Gen., B. K. Willoughby, County Atty. for Grundy County, Grundy Center, and Robert R. Buckmaster, of Waterloo, for appellee.


THOMPSON, Justice.

The defendant was charged, by county attorney's information, with the murder of Irma Jean Stahlhut, committed on or about June 22, 1949, in Grundy county, Iowa. A change of venue was granted, and the cause was tried in the district court of Black Hawk county.

Irma Jean Stahlhut and her husband, Harvey Stahlhut, operated a tavern in the small town of Morrison in Grundy county. They were married in 1947 and were the parents of one son who...

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