Nebraska Supreme Court March 19, 1908, No. 15,079 (State v. Routzahn)

Barnes, C. J.

Olin M. Eoutzahn and William'A. Bentley were tried in the district court for Lancaster county on an information describing them as the chief of police and the city detective (officers of the city of Lincoln, respectively), and charging them with the crime of blackmail by form-. ing a conspiracy to levy and collect certain sums of money from one.