Jones v. State

The defendant, who is the plaintiff in error here, was found guilty of murder in the first degree in the district court for Douglas county, and his sentence was death. The case appears to have been carefully tried, but there are two serious questions presented by the record.

1. The evidence shows that, when the defendant was arrested for the crime, he was taken to the county jail and there in the presence of three officers he signed a written confession or statement. After the defendant had testified in his own behalf, he was questioned by the attorney for the state in regard to statements he…