Snider v. State

Irvine, C.

Otto Snider was convicted of the statutory offense of placing, an obstruction on a railway track, and brings the proceeding's here for review.

One group of assignments of error relates to the admission in evidence of certain confessions. The objection to this evidence ivas, in effect, that it ivas not sufficiently shown that the confessions were voluntary. Ballard v. State, 19 Neb. 609, is relied on in support of the objection. It was there held that an officer may testify to statements made to him by the defendant while in custody if it is shown that they were made voluntarily and…