Bowes v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal, from Custer County Court; J. C. McKnight, Judge. T. C. Bowes was convicted of suppressing evidence, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $250, and he appeals.
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Appeal, from Custer County Court; J. C. McKnight, Judge. T. C. Bowes was convicted of suppressing evidence, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $250, and he appeals. The information in this case is as follows: “State of Oklahoma, Plaintiff, v. T. C. Bowes, Defendant “In the name and by the authority of the state of Oklahoma, now comes E. J. Lindley, county attorney in and for the county and state aforesaid, and gives the court to know and be informed that heretofore, and for a long time prior to the information herein, one P. S. Brooks was, and still is, a material witness for the state…
1Opinion of the CourtFurman, P. J.
(after stating the facts as above). First. In their brief counsel for appellant contend that, if the facts al leged in the information against appellant constitute an offense, it is a felony of which the county court of Custer county did not have jurisdiction. With this contention we cannot agree.
Section 2195, Comp. Laws 1909, is as follows:
“Every person who willfully prevents or dissuades any person who has been duly summoned or subpoenaed as a witness from attending pursuant to the command of the summons or subpoena is guilty of a felony.”
From this it is seen that, in order to make the acts…
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