Legal Opinion

Berghoff v. State

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided July 15, 1888PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Error to the district court for Douglas county. Tried below before Hopewell, J. cited: Commonwealth p. Jackson, 132 Mass., 17. Cowan v. State, 22 Neb., 525. cited: Smith v. State, 17 Neb., 362. People v. Gray, 66 California, 271. Mayer v. People, 80 N. Y., 364. Copperman v. State, 56 N. Y., 592. Commonwealth v. Eastman, 1 Cush., 189. Commonwealth v. Jeffries, 7 Allen, 548. People v. Gray, 66 Cal., 271. Trogclon v. Commomoealth, 31 Grattan, 872. Bielschofsky v. People, 3 Hun,…

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Error to the district court for Douglas county. Tried below before Hopewell, J. cited: Commonwealth p. Jackson, 132 Mass., 17. Cowan v. State, 22 Neb., 525. cited: Smith v. State, 17 Neb., 362. People v. Gray, 66 California, 271. Mayer v. People, 80 N. Y., 364. Copperman v. State, 56 N. Y., 592. Commonwealth v. Eastman, 1 Cush., 189. Commonwealth v. Jeffries, 7 Allen, 548. People v. Gray, 66 Cal., 271. Trogclon v. Commomoealth, 31 Grattan, 872. Bielschofsky v. People, 3 Hun, 40. Wood v. United States, 16 Peters, 341.

1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.

The plaintiff in error was informed against in the district court of Douglas county for having, by fraudulent *214representations, obtained of the firm of Kirkendall, Jones- & Company, of Omaha, certain goods, wares, and merchandise of the value of $397.50. To the information he pléadedmoí guilty, and was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict of guilty and found the value of the goods to be-more than $35. ■

The plaintiff’s motion for a new trial, after verdict,, was overruled, and he was sentenced to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for four years.

Pie brings his cause to this court on…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Cowan v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Fall River Iron Works Co. v. Croade & TrusteeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1833

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Palin v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1894
  2. Stagemeyer v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1937
  3. Davis v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1898
  4. Fricke v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1924
  5. Morgan v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1898

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