State v. Hanson

OiiRistiaN soN, Ch. J.

The information in this case charged the defendant, Hanson, with the crime of murder in the first degree. ■ The defendant entered a plea of not guilty. The jury returned a verdict finding the defendant guilty of manslaughter in the second degree, and fixed the punishment at three years’ imprisonment in the state’s penitentiary. Sentence was imposed in conformity with the verdict, and the defendant has appealed from the judgment of conviction.

The first assignments of error urged by the defendant are predicated upon certain rulings made by the trial court in admitting in…