Jones v. Territory of Oklahoma

The opinion of tbe court was delivered by

Bureord, J.:

Tbe appellant, 'Tom Jones, was prosecuted in tbe district court of Payne county for tbe crime of murder, tried by jury and convicted of manslaughter in tbe first degree, and sentenced to fifty years in tbe territorial penitentiary at Lansing, Kansas. He brings tbe cause to this court upon certified copies of tbe indictment and journal entries embracing tbe trial, verdict of tbe jury, judgment and sentence of the court. No other parts of tbe record or proceedings of the trial court are before this court.

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