Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-30
cwMsbrews indictments.
Journal Of Criminal Law and Grim.

lJOOen0l OF N41mInQl Law ana CrlJns
...,l tnology.l
For the sake OF comparison we insert
here the copy Of an Indictment for muir.
der recently found In middle western
state ut 10 taken from one OF the cur.
renter Reporters and is fairly typical
of indictments found in most Of our
statss)s and following 1t we publish the
same indictment as 1t would be drawn
In England. II IL as follows:
'"rhe State of -. w. County--ss:
In the Court VI Common Pleas, w
County 49,, Of the term OF October. in
the year OF our Lord one thousand nine
hundred AMI eight. The Jurors OF the
grand jury of the County OF W. and
State OF 49,. then and there duly im-
panelled, sworn and charged to inquire
OF and present all offences whatever
committed within the limits Of said
county, on their said oaths. in the name
and by the authority of the State Of
-, do find and present that ]. F. G..
late OF said county. on the 9Th day OF
August. in the year OF our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and eight. at
the county of w. aforesaid, In and
upon one p. s.. alias f. NJ. then and
there being, did unlawfully. purposely
malice make an assault in a menacing
manner, with intent. him, the said F.
NJ, unlawfully. purposely and OF de-
liberate and premeditated malice. to kill
ana murder: and that the said ]. G.. a
certain pistol then and there charged
with gunpowder and leaden bullets
which said pistol ne. the said J. r. G..
then and there in his right hand had
and held. then and there. unlawfully.
purposely and OF deliberate and pre-
meditated malice. did discharge and
shoot of to. against and upon the said
F. M with fhe intent aforesaid. and
that the said ]. F. G., with the leaden
bullets aforesaid. out OF the pistol
aforesaid, by the force of the gunpowder
aforesaid. by the said ]. r. c.. then and
there discharged and shot off as afore-
said, him, the said F. NJ, In and upon
the upper right side Of the back OF him,
the said r. NJ, then and there unlaw-
fully, punposely and Of deliberate and
premedttated malice did strike. pene-
trate and wound, with the intent afore-
said, so az aforesaid discharged. and
shot out Of the pistol aforesaid, by the
said J. +. O., In and upon the upper
right side OF the back Of him. the said
F. NJ, one mortal wound of the depth
of four inches and Of the breadth of
half an inch. Of which mortal wound
he, the said F. NJ. then and there died:
and 80 the Jurors aforesaid. upon their
caths and afarnations aforesaid, do say
that the said ]. F. G.. him. the said
F. NJ, in the manner and by the means
aforesaid. unlawfully. purposely and OF
deliberate and premeditated malice. dig
kill and murder contrary to the statutes
in such cases made and provided. and
against the peace and dignity Of the
State Of -"
We are informed by Dean Lawson.
OF Missouri, that the same indictment
in England would have read as fol-
lows:
county Of -. The Jurors Of our
lord the king upon their oath present
that J. F. G.. on the 9Th day Of August.
1908, feloniously. wilfully and Of his
malice a1orsthought. did kill aud MUIR
der one r. n. against the peace Of our
lord the King. his crown and dignity"
We leave Il to the candid. intelligent