Ex Parte Metcalf
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Application by R. A. Metcalf for a writ of habeas corpus. The nature of the question involved requires a full statement ■of the case, for there are few, if any, more important matters than the suppression of perjury in the courts of this state.
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Application by R. A. Metcalf for a writ of habeas corpus. The nature of the question involved requires a full statement ■of the case, for there are few, if any, more important matters than the suppression of perjury in the courts of this state. Relator was prosecuted before Hon. A. L. Squire, county judge of Ellis county, sitting as a committing magistrate, upon the following complaint: “Before me, A. L. Squire, ex officio committing magistrate and county judge in and for said county and state, personally appeared Frank E. Ransdell, who, being duly sworn, says that on or about the 13th day of…
1Opinion of the CourtFurman, J.
(after stating the facts as above). In the trial of the case, in which it is alleged that relator committed perjury, he was charged with unlawfully having possession of intoxicating liquors found in the “Yellow Front Restaurant” in the town of Gage, Okla., with the intention of violating the provisions of the prohibitory liquor law. The state relies upon the first eight predicates of the complaint, and particularly upon the second and third predicates, which are as follows:
“Whether the said R. A. Metcalf ever had control of or had the management of the said restaurant, or had any interest in…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- State v. PfefferleSupreme Court of Kansas · 1886
- Wood v. . People of the State of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Coleman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1911
- State v. WellsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1894
- Commonwealth v. GrantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- State v. CerfoglioNevada Supreme Court · 1923
- Marvel v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1925
- State v. StoreySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
- Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1961
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