Orum v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the defendant, was jointly informed against with Bill Orum, Orville Shrader, Alva Welch, Jim Hoekersmith, Arnold Cornelison, Pat Orum, and Dwight Davis; was tried separately, convicted, and sentenced to imprisonment in the state penitentiary at McAlester for a term of five years. Record was saved, and the defendant has appealed to this court.

After the jury was impaneled, the state called A. W. McCord as its first witness, who stated that he was a gauger for the Roxanna Petroleum Company; that he drove a car belonging to the Roxanna Petroleum…