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Johnson v. United States

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided February 4, 1909No. 647, Ind. TPublishedCited by 8 opinions

Error from the United Btates Court for the Western District of the Indian Territory; Louis Sulzbacher, Judge. Monroe Johnson was convicted of larceny, and brings error.

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Error from the United Btates Court for the Western District of the Indian Territory; Louis Sulzbacher, Judge. Monroe Johnson was convicted of larceny, and brings error. The accused in this case was indicted during the December, 1904, term of the United States Court for the Western District of Indian Territory sitting at Wagoner, on the charge of grand larceny and receiving stolen property, and on the-7th day of March, 1905, the case was tried, and resulted in a verdict of guilty of grand larceny, and a sentence to the United States penitentiary at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., for a period of three…

1Opinion of the Court

BAKER, Judge,

(after stating the facts as above). The petition in error of the accused alleges that there is manifest error in the action, rulings, and opinions of the court below, and makes the following specifications:(1) The court erred in not granting appellant a new trial.

■(2) The court erred in rendering judgment on the verdict, of the jury.(3) The court erred in rendering judgment on the verdict, the said verdict being a general one.(4) The court erred in not instructing the jury, at the request of appellant, as follows:

“You are instructed that before you will be authorized to find the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Bilton v. TerritoryCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
  2. Buck v. TerritoryCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Midland Valley R. Co. v. LarsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
  2. Sisson v. StateArizona Supreme Court · 1914
  3. Hall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1957
  4. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1911
  5. Coker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1924

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