Edmonds v. State

In the district court of Otoe county an information was ■.filed charging .the defendant with the commission of a felony. Upon a proper affidavit being filed showing that •the accused was unable, by reason of poverty, to employ ■counsel, the district court appointed John A. Rooney, Esq., to appear for and defend the prisoner, who accepted the appointment and conducted the defense. At the trial the plaintiff in error was convicted of grand larceny and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary. To reverse •the judgment and sentence error was prosecuted to this •court, 'where the judgment of…