Wells v. State

Appellant was in the municipal court of the city of Omaha charged with and convicted of violation of an ordinance prohibiting indecent conduct within the city. He appealed to the district court, waived a jury trial, was tried, convicted, and adjudged to pay a fine and the costs. His motion for a new trial was denied. He has appealed from that judgment and sentence, and has also filed a petition in error in this court.

The offense charged against appellant as stated in the complaint is that he on about the 15th day of July, 1949, in the city of Omaha, “tried to perform indecent acts with…