Hammond v. State

At the September, 1891, term of the district court of Lancaster county the plaintiff in error Charles F. Hammond was convicted of the crime of rape, as defined by section 11 of the Criminal Code, upon his daughter Alta Maud Hammond, and has brought the case into this court for review upon exceptions taken to certain rulings of the trial court. The first of the errors assigned is the overruling of a motion to dismiss, in the following language:

“State op Nebraska ] Y. > Defendant’s Motion. Charles F. Hammond. J

“Now comes the said Hammond, being first duly sworn upon his oath, says that he comes…