Carter v. State

Frank Carter, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court for Douglas county of murder in the first degree for the killing of Austin D. Searles, on February 17, 1926, and in response to the verdict was sentenced to suffer death.

Alleging there was prejudicial error upon the trial, the defendant, as plaintiff in error, has brought the record of his conviction to this court for review. The information was in the usual form and in substance charged the defendant with shooting and killing Austin D. Searles in Douglas county, Nebraska, while defendant was engaged in an attempt…