Davis v. State
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court for Lancaster county. Tried below before Holmes, J.’
1Opinion of the Court
Ragan, C.
In the district court of Lancaster county George Washington Davis was convicted of the crime of murder in the second degree, for the killing of one William O. Hambell, by removing the nuts, bolts, fish-plates, angle bars, and *308by displacing a rail of a bridge of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, thereby causing the derailment of a passenger train on which said Hambell was riding. Davis brings the judgment of life imprisonment pronounced against him upon such conviction here for review.
1. The first argument made by counsel for Davis is that the evidence is…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- United States v. PerezSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Wellar v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1874
- Commonwealth v. PiperMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- Carleton v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1895
- Heldt v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1886
42 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by64 opinions
- Bartley v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1898
- State v. MessinoSupreme Court of Missouri · 1930
- Morgan v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1897
- State v. MoonIdaho Supreme Court · 1911
- Ramsey v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1934
59 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.