Koenigstein v. State

The defendant was convicted of accepting a bribe from Nannie Meyers, who was keeper of a house of prostitution at Norfolk, while he was county attorney, in con*582sideration of protecting her from prosecution for violation of the law. A former conviction upon the same information was reversed by this court. 101 Neb. 229. In that opinion the nature of the evidence in support of the charge is fully stated, and the evidence on this second trial is similar in character. The witness Nannie Meyers was not present in court at the trial, and her evidence given upon the former trial was by the court…