Nichols v. State

In a prosecution by the state in the district court for Cheyenne county, Charles Nichols, defendant, was convicted of murder in the first degree and for that felony was sentenced to suffer the penalty of death. As plaintiff in error he presents for review the record of his- conviction. ■

The first assignment of error challenges the overruling of a plea to discharge defendant on the ground of delay in the filing of the information. A statutory provision authorized a recognizance requiring accused' to appear forthwith before the district court, if in session. Laws 1915, ch. 162. This, however,…