Purdy v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Okfuskee county on a charge of murder, and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary.

This is a companion case to No. A-6886, Bainum v. State, 45 Okla. Cr. 330, 282 Pac. 903, opinion filed November 23, 1929.

Defendant, with others, was charged with the murder of C. E. Ryan, a night watchman. We deem it unnecessary to make a statement of facts, as they are substantially the same as in the Bainum case, supra. Defendant was tried in September, 1927, and the appeal was lodged in this…