Mitchell v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Error from Muskogee County Court; W. C. Jackson, Judge. J. G. Mitchell was convicted for unlawfully selling intoxicating liquor, and he brings error.
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Error from Muskogee County Court; W. C. Jackson, Judge. J. G. Mitchell was convicted for unlawfully selling intoxicating liquor, and he brings error. The plaintiff in error, who will for convenience sake be hereinafter referred to as the accused, was, on the 8th day of Jannary, 1908, prosecuted in the county court of Muskogee county upon an information charging “that the said J. G. Mitchell did, on the 26tb day of December, 1907, in tbe county of Muskogee, state of Oklahoma, unlawfully sell one pint of (intoxicating liquor, against the peace and dignity of the state.” To this information…
1Opinion of the Court
BAKEB, Judge,
(after stating the facts as above). The petition in error alleges the same grounds for reversal as are stated in the motion for a new trial, and that the court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial. In briefing the case counsel for the accused rely upon the fact that the information filed herein does not state to whom the intoxicating liquors were sold, and cites in support of this contention the case of Weston v. Territory of Oklahoma, 1 Okla. Cr. 407, 98 Pac. 360. This court has also passed upon this question in the case of Charley Fletcher v. State of Oklahoma, ante,…
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- Fletcher v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1890
- Weber v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
- Banks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
- Weston v. TerritoryCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1908
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