Supreme Court of Iowa December 9, 1871 (State v. Jones)

Miller, J.

I. On the trial, Samuel Corson testified on the part of the State, among other things, that he was a public officer in June, 1869 ; that he went to St. Joseph, Missouri, with a requisition from the governor of Iowa for defendant and Marquis Jones; that when he got there he found them in jail; that he brought them back to Des Moines, from Missouri.