Clarence v. State

Plaintiff in error was prosecuted in the district court for Cass county for the murder of John P. Thacker. Upon the first trial he was found guilty of murder in the second degree. The cause was removed to this court by proceedings in error, when the judgment was reversed and the cause remanded for further proceedings. The case is reported in 86 Neb. 210. Upon a second trial the accused was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. He again brings error to this court.

The facts disclosed upon the second trial are substantially the same as upon the first, and…