Legal Opinion

Silva v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided June 20, 1911No. A-582PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from' Pittsburg County Court; R. W. Higgins, Judge. John Silva was convicted of violating the prohibitory law, and appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtDoyle, J.

Plaintiff in error was convicted of the crime of having possession of intoxicating liquor with the intent to sell, barter, give away, and otherwise furnish said liquor, and was, on October 23, 1909, sentenced to be confined in the county jail for a period of three months, and to pay a fine of $250 and costs.

The testimony in this case is in substance as follows: Pour deputy sheriffs testified that on the day of the alleged offense they went to the defendant’s premises at Krebs to execute a search warrant, and there found about a dozen cases of whisky, two or three barrels of beer, and several…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Elkins v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. Wolf v. ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. Gore v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1923
  4. Magin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1923
  5. Boone v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1918

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