Johnson v. State

In a prosecution by the state in the district court for Dodge county, Andrew Johnson, defendant, was charged with murder in the first degree. He pleaded not guilty and upon trial was convicted of manslaughter. For that felony he was sentenced to serve a term of not less than 12 nor more than 14 months in the penitentiary. As plaintiff in error defendant presents for review the record of his conviction.

The principal argument is directed to the assignment that the trial court erred in admitting in evidence proof of statements or declarations by the victim of the homicide after he had been…