Schultz v. State

Alex Schultz, hereafter called the defendant, was prosecuted in the district court for Douglas county on a charge of manslaughter. His trial resulted in a conviction, and he was sentenced to serve a term of three years in the state penitentiary. From that judgment he has brought the case here by a petition in error.

1. Defendant’s first contention is that the information on which he was tried does not charge a crime, in that it fails to state that defendant committed an assault. The charging part of the information reads as follows: “That on the 21st day of June in the year of our Lord…