Moody v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from District Court, Pottawatomie County; Frank Mathews, Assigned Judge. Samuel Moody was convicted of murder, and he appeals. The appellant, Samuel Moody, and the deceased, W. P. Rausin, were farmers and had lived, prior to the date of the alleged homicide on January 1, 1914, for many years on adjoining farms in Lincoln county, Okla. Rau-sin’s farm was directly north of Moody’s.
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Appeal from District Court, Pottawatomie County; Frank Mathews, Assigned Judge. Samuel Moody was convicted of murder, and he appeals. The appellant, Samuel Moody, and the deceased, W. P. Rausin, were farmers and had lived, prior to the date of the alleged homicide on January 1, 1914, for many years on adjoining farms in Lincoln county, Okla. Rau-sin’s farm was directly north of Moody’s. Late in the evening of January 2, 1914, Rausin was found dead in a little ravine in his wood pasture northeast of his house, and between a half and three-quarters of a mile northeast of Moody’s house. His…
1Opinion of the CourtMatson, J.
(after stating the facts as above). It is alleged that the court erred in admitting testimony of Tommie Moody and Alfred (Sammie) Fitzhugh covering all their acts and statements at the time of the killing of J. W. Rausin before any other evidence was introduced on the part of the state to establish the fact that a conspiracy existed between these witnesses - and the appellant to kill the said Rausin. The witnesses Tommie Moody and Fitzhugh were accomplices. Under our statutes they were competent witnesses; the fact that they were accomplices going only to their credibility and requiring proof…
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