Cochran v. County of Lincoln

This case is a companion case to Cochran v. County of Lincoln, decided this day and reported ante p. 818, 280 N. W. 2d 897. The facts in this case are almost identical to the facts in the Norman Cochran case, and were stipulated to by the parties. It appears that the appellee, James Cochran, was a witness to the shooting and killing of Louis B. Brigman on June 24, 1977, and was ordered held as a material witness subject to the posting of a bond in the amount of $25,000 with the right to post 10 percent thereof according to law, pursuant to the provisions of section 29-507, R. R. S. 1943. The…