State v. Craig

Defendant was convicted by a jury on separate counts of having stolen and having willfully and maliciously killed one cow and was sentenced to a term in the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex. On appeal the issues are: (1) Denial of a motion for mistrial made because of the admission, over objection, of rebuttal testimony by the sheriff as follows: “Mr. Craig’s reputation is that he would take anything he could get a hold of.” (2) Refusal to admit into evidence in support of a motion for new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence, a writing by a third party confessing guilt of…