Legal Opinion

Johnson v. State

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided March 16, 1892PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Error to the district court for Nemaha county. Tried below before Broady, J. cited, as to indorsement of names on information: Gandy v. State, 24 Neb., 717; Parks v. State, 20 Id., 517; People v. Hall, 12 N. W. Rep. [Mich.], 667; Reg. v. Frost, 9 C. & P. [Eng.], 147; Rex v. Lord, 2 Doug. [Eng.], 59. As to the challenge of juror: 4 Am. & Eng. Ency.

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Error to the district court for Nemaha county. Tried below before Broady, J. cited, as to indorsement of names on information: Gandy v. State, 24 Neb., 717; Parks v. State, 20 Id., 517; People v. Hall, 12 N. W. Rep. [Mich.], 667; Reg. v. Frost, 9 C. & P. [Eng.], 147; Rex v. Lord, 2 Doug. [Eng.], 59. As to the challenge of juror: 4 Am. & Eng. Ency. Law, 828; O’Brien v. People, 36 N. Y., 276; Walter v. People, 32 Id., 160; As to interest of accused: 2 Thomp., Trials, secs. 2423, 2445; Saekett, Instructions, 36. As to evidence of good character: 2 Thomp., Trials, sec. 2444; Saekett,…

1Opinion of the CourtPost, J.

The plaintiff in error, Charles E. Johnson, was, at the October, 1890, term of the district court for Nemaha county, convicted of murder in the first degree, and now seeks a reversal of said judgment on account of alleged errors occurring at the trial.

The first error assigned is the indorsement on the information of the names of witnesses by the county attorney by leave of the court on the day of the trial.

It appears from the record that the information was filed! by the county attorney on the 13th day of October, 1890.. On the 16th of the same month the defendant was arraigned! and pleaded…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People v. GarbuttMichigan Supreme Court · 1868
  2. State v. NorthrupSupreme Court of Iowa · 1878
  3. Unruh v. State ex rel. BaumIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
  4. St. Louis v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1879
  5. Long v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1888

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Latimer v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Johnson v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1911
  3. State v. BlackMontana Supreme Court · 1894
  4. Wallace v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1912
  5. Rhea v. United StatesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1897

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