Smith v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from. District Court, Washita, County; G. A. Brown, Assigned Judge. James H. Smith was convicted of the theft of two mules, and he appeals. ' On July 11, 1913, the county attorney of Washita county filed an information fn the district court of said county charging James Smith with the theft of two mules, the personal property of the Colony Mercantile Company, and alleging that said crime was committed about the 30th of November, 1910. Upon his trial he was found…
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Appeal from. District Court, Washita, County; G. A. Brown, Assigned Judge. James H. Smith was convicted of the theft of two mules, and he appeals. ' On July 11, 1913, the county attorney of Washita county filed an information fn the district court of said county charging James Smith with the theft of two mules, the personal property of the Colony Mercantile Company, and alleging that said crime was committed about the 30th of November, 1910. Upon his trial he was found guilty and his punishment fixed at five years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The evidence shows that the pair of mules…
1Opinion of the CourtDoyle, P. J.
(after stating the facts as above). The plaintiff in error has assigned a large number of errors on the record, but the view we are constrained to take of this case will render it unnecessary for us to pass upon all the questions presented.
The first contention is that the court erred in refusing to grant a change of venue.
The petition was verified by the defendant.. It is alleged in the petition that the minds of the inhabitants of Washita county are so prejudiced against the defendant that he cannot obtain a fair and impartial trial in said county; that John Samples, the principal witness…
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