Epps v. State

The information in this case charged the defendant M. T. Epps with the crime of “communicating venereal disease”, “to wit: syphilis”, to Ruth Epps on or about August 6, 1938. The defendant, on his trial before a jury, was convicted. Motion for a new trial was filed and overruled on December 3, 1938. Thereupon the court sentenced the defendant to serve a term of two years in the state penitentiary at McAlester in accordance with the verdict of the jury.

On June 2, 1939, an appeal from the judgment was taken by filing in this court a petition in error with case- made and proper proof of notices.…