Argabright v. State
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from the district court for Nemaha county. Tried below before Letton, J. The defendant was prosecuted in the district court of Nemaha county under an indictment for murder in the first degree, for the killing of one William Smelser on the night of February 9, 1894. At the time of the tragedy the defendant ivas a resident of South Omaha, where he had resided about three years, and at the date named was one of the police force of that city.
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Error from the district court for Nemaha county. Tried below before Letton, J. The defendant was prosecuted in the district court of Nemaha county under an indictment for murder in the first degree, for the killing of one William Smelser on the night of February 9, 1894. At the time of the tragedy the defendant ivas a resident of South Omaha, where he had resided about three years, and at the date named was one of the police force of that city. The defendant’s wife, Rose Smelser Argabright, ivas the daughter of the deceased. By this union there were two children, one about two and one-half…
1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.
The plaintiff in error was the defendant in a criminal prosecution had in the district court of Nemaha county, in which he was charged with murder in the first degree for the killing of one William Smelser in said county on the night of February 9, 1894. The prosecution resulted in a conviction of guilty of murder in the first degree, the jury fixing the punishment at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for life. Prior to the trial we are now asked to review, the defendant has been twice before tried, the first trial resulting in a verdict of manslaughter and the second of murder in the…
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