Ex Parte Warford
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
The petitioner, J. B. Warford, was tried in the district court of Canadian county on an indictment charging him with forgery. He’ was convicted and sentenced to a term of imprisonment for six months. He has filed application in this court for wiit of habeas corpus, alleging that he is'now illegally imprisoned and restrained of his liberty by the sheriff of Canadian county.
1Opinion of the Court
OWEN, Judge.
It appears from the agreed statement of facts and the petition filed in this court that the petitioner was arrested on the 31st day of July, 1907 (which was prior to statehood), on a warrant issued by the probate judge of Canadian county, territory of ■ Oklahoma, charging him with the crime of forgery. After his arrest the defendant was told by the county attorney that if he paid the note alleged to have been forged and the costs of the prosecution the ease would be dismissed against him. He paid these sums, and the case was dismissed by the county attorney with the consent of the…
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