Wilson v. State

Stalmaster, District Judge.-

This was a criminal prosecution against the plaintiff in error, who will hereafter be called the defendant, commenced by the county attorney for Sheridan county, Nebraska. The information filed was very obviously drawn under section 9544, Comp. St. 1922, and was intended to charge the defendant with murder in the first degree by administering poison.

The information was filed July 22, 1927, and on the same day the defendant pleaded guilty and was sentenced by the court to a term of 30 years in the state penitentiary. It is nowhere apparent from the record that a…