Redding v. State

Defendant was charged with manslaughter under the provisions of section 28-403, R. R. S. 1943. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and defendant was sentenced to serve 2 years in the Nebraska State Reformatory for Men. The defendant seeks a review of the case in this court by proceedings in error.

The defendant was a man 60 years of age and weighed 175 to1 180 pounds. At the time of the alleged crime he was employed as an attendant at the Lincoln State Hospital, a hospital for patients who are mentally ill. The evidence shows that he was the chief attendant in ward A-l, at the time of the…