Marion v. State
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court for Gage county. Tried below before Davidson, J.
1Opinion of the CourtReese, J.
On the 20th day of April, 1883, the plaintiff in error was indicted by the grand jury of Gage county for the murder of John Cameron, on the 15th day of May, 1872. The trial on the indictment resulted in a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree, and the sentence of death was pronounced upon the plaintiff in error by the court. From this judgment and sentence he prosecutes a writ of error to this court.
At the very threshold of this case we encounter a fatal error in the proceedings, and one which appears to have escaped the attention of the court and all the counsel engaged in the…
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