Ex Parte McCoy

The petitioner herein, Jim McCoy, Avas regularly convicted in Ottawa county, Okla., in two cases for possession of narcotics, and was sentenced to the penitentiary to serve a term of five and four years, respectively, and to pay a fine of $5,000 in the first case and $2,500 in the second case. The petitioner has served the penitentiary portion of the sentence, but the fines have not been paid, neither have they been served in the penitentiary, and it is the contention of the petitioner in error, since the 1913 law, no fine can be collected in felony cases. This is the only point in the case…