Gravely v. State

The plaintiff in error was charged with murder in the first degree in the district court of Lancaster county. He was convicted of the crime of murder in the second degree, which judgment was reversed by this court at the January, 1894, term, the opinion in the case being reported in 38 Neb., 871. On the second trial the plaintiff in error was found guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced to a term of nine years in the penitentiary. This last judgment he seeks to reverse by this proceeding. Four grounds are re*879lied upon by the counsel for the prisoner for a new trial, which we will consider in…