Clough v. State
Nebraska Supreme Court
Tots was an indictment against the plaintiff in error, Warren Clough, for the murder of his brother, Nathan Clough, at Seward, Seward county, on the first day of May, A.D. 1876. The cause was taken, upon a change of venue, and tried in the district court for York county, before Post, J., at a term of court held in January and February, 1877. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the plaintiff in error was sentenced to be hanged in York county, on the thirteenth day of…
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Tots was an indictment against the plaintiff in error, Warren Clough, for the murder of his brother, Nathan Clough, at Seward, Seward county, on the first day of May, A.D. 1876. The cause was taken, upon a change of venue, and tried in the district court for York county, before Post, J., at a term of court held in January and February, 1877. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the plaintiff in error was sentenced to be hanged in York county, on the thirteenth day of July, A.D. 1877. He thereupon sued out this writ of error. The record in the case is very voluminous, and it is…
1Opinion of the CourtLake, J.
This is a proceeding in error, brought to reverse the judgment of the district court for York county, and before proceeding to consider the matters alleged to be erroneous I wish to say a word relative to the record of the case, as made up and submitted for our examination. It consists of a bundle of closely written manuscript covering over eleven htmdred pages, and being at least double the quantity actually necessary or proper for a full and complete presentation of the questions brought here for review. For instance, there is page on page taken up with the arguments of the respective…
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