Baskins v. State

In a prosecution by the state of Nebraska in the district court for Lincoln county, Joseph R. Baskins, Clyde* D. Macomber and Albert A. Hastings, defendants, were charged in the first count of the information by the county attorney with the kidnaping of the complaining witness, Sam I. Pappas, November 21, 1937; in the second count with robbing him of $275; in the third count with making an assault upon him with intent to inflict great bodily injury.

A motion by Joseph R. Baskins, defendant, for a change of venue was sustained and he was tried in the district court for McPherson county. The…