O'ROURKE v. State

This is a criminal action brought in the district court for Lancaster County wherein the defendant John J. O’Rourke was charged in an information in substance as follows: That on or about November 1, 1957, while confined in the Nebraska State Penitentiary upon conviction of a felony, he did then and there unlawfully arid feloniously break such custody and escape therefrom contrary to law. The defendant was duly tried and found guilty by the verdict of a jury. Following the overruling of his motion for new trial, the defendant was sentenced to serve a term of 5 years in the Nebraska State…