Singleton v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the defendant, was by information charged, with one John Doe, with obtaining from Ralph Mefford, by ex tortion, one Ford roadster; was tried separately, convicted by tbe jury and tbe punishment left to the court, and was sentenced by the court to serve a term of three years in the state penitentiary at McAlester. Motion for new trial was filed, considered, overruled, and the defendant has appealed to this court.

The testimony on behalf of the state, in substance, is that Ralph Mefford was living with Mr. J. A. Rhodes, two miles north and one mile west…