Mayes v. State

PEE CUEIAM.

The defendant, W. E. Mayes, was charged in the county court of Wagoner county, with the crime of driving a motor vehicle upon the public highway while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, was tried, convicted, and sentenced to pay a fine of $100, and has appealed.

It is argued that the trial court erred in admitting in evidence over objection of the defendant testimony of the officers who arrested the defendant that they found some whisky in the automobile allegedly driven by the defendant.

On the day in question, the defendant, a Cherokee Indian who lived in an adjoining…