Carnes v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from District Court, AtQka County; J. H. Linebaugh, Judge. Willie Carnes was convicted of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree, and his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of four years, and he appeals. This killing occurred in Atoka county in the month of July, 1914. It was the outgrowth of a quarrel between some full-blood' Indians.
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Appeal from District Court, AtQka County; J. H. Linebaugh, Judge. Willie Carnes was convicted of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree, and his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of four years, and he appeals. This killing occurred in Atoka county in the month of July, 1914. It was the outgrowth of a quarrel between some full-blood' Indians. The deceased, Moses Bond, was a man 80 years old or over, while the defendant, Willie Carnes, at the time of the killing was 33 years of age. The homicide occurred at the home of one Jacob Frazier, since…
1Opinion of the CourtMatson, J.
(after stating the facts as above). Among several assignments of error relied upon for a reversal of this judgment, it is strenuously contended that the court erred in overruling the defendant’s motion for a continuance on account of the absence of Molsie Eeed, Katie Impson, and Maud Davis, or Jordan. This motion for a,.continuance.was .filed on.the 8th day of . February, 1916, the. date .the ¡case was set for the trial in which this conviction was had. However, it appears that this killing occurred in July, 1914; that shortly thereafter a preliminary examination .of this defendant was had;…
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