Nightingale v. State

In the district court for Douglas county Edward Nightingale was charged with the crime of robbery. The jury found him guilty and he ivas sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a period of ten years. The testimony given by the state to establish defendant’s guilt ivas direct., positive and, in our opinion, quite sufficient. The crime was a bold and reckless one committed in broad-daylight in a saloon in the city of South Omaha. That the prosecuting witness was robbed by some one seems to be admitted. Two Avitnesses identified the defendant as the robber, and a third claimed to have…