Brown v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Beck-ham county of the crime of murder, and his punishment fixed by the jury at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for life.

Joe Pounds, Frank Griffin, and defendant were jointly charged with the murder of O. H. Phillips, sheriff of Beckham county. Joe Pounds entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the state reformatory at Granite. A severance was granted the defendant Jess Brown and Frank Griffin, and each in separate trials found guilty of murder and sentenced to life…