Pauley v. State

POWELL, Presiding Judge.

Maude Merwin (now Pawley) was charged, tried and convicted in the county court of Cimarron County of the crime of unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor, and her punishment was fixed at a fine of $50, and confinement in the county jail for a period of thirty days. Appeal has been duly perfected to this court.

The information was filed on August 30, 1950, and the offense was charged to have taken place on August 29, 1950, but for some reason not disclosed by the record, the case was not tried until December 7, 1953, nearly three and a half years from the filing of…