Dorsett v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from County Court, Jefferson County; E. L. Dillard, Judge. Will Dorsett was convicted of a violation oif the prohibitory liquor law, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDoyle, P. J.
Plaintiff in error, Will Dorsett, was convicted in the county court of Jefferson County on an information charging that he did have in his possession intoxicating liquor with intent to sell the same, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the county jail for 30 days and a fine of $50. He has appealed from the judgment rendered upon the verdict.
The only assignment of error ’is improper conduct of the county attorney in his closing argument to the jury, wherein he referred to the fact that the defendant had failed to take the witness stand in his own behalf, and error of the court in…
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