Cryderman v. State

By information filed in the district court for Cherry county, Nebraska, the defendant, Wiliiam W. Cryderman, was charged with' the crime of murder in the first degree. It ivas alleged that he did kill and murder, one Nellie Heel-an in said county. The jury found the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree, and in their verdict added: “We further find and say that the defendant Wiliiam W. Cryderman shall suffer death.” The court thereupon sentenced the defendant to suffer death by electrocution, and the case has been brought to this court for review.

1. The first contention is that the…