Watson v. State

Samuel Trant and Oliver Watson, the petitioner in error, were informed against on the charge that on December 19, 1922, they stole a Ford coupé automobile, the property of John E. .Gaskill, in Otoe county, Nebraska. Watson requested a separate trial, which was granted, and a verdict of guilty was returned against him.

He assigns as error that the verdict is not supported by sufficient evidence; that the venue of the crime was not proved; that the court erred in refusing to give instruction No. 18, requested by him, and that there was misconduct of the county attorney in his argument to the…