Irvin v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from District Court, Muskogee County; R. P. de Graff enried, Judge. William M. Irvin, convicted of murder, appeals.
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Appeal from District Court, Muskogee County; R. P. de Graff enried, Judge. William M. Irvin, convicted of murder, appeals. Plaintiff in error, William M. Irvin, jointly indicted with D. R. Allen, F. L. Martin, John Coombs, Jim Manuel, and Stout Ham, for the murder of Castella Sells, alleged to have been committed on or about the 23d of March, 1911, by discharging an explosive under a certain house in the town of Taft, was separately tried and convicted of murder, and his punishment assessed at imprisonment in the penitentiary at harcl labor for the term of his natural life. After unsuccessful…
1Opinion of the Court
DOYBF P. J.
(after stating the facts as above). Plaintiff in error has assigned numerous errors, and the questions presented have been ably discussed by counsel on both sides, both orally and in the briefs. These questions will be discussed in the order in which they are presented. The principal proposition presented arises upon the rulings of the court on questions of evidence.
First. It is contended that the court erred in permitting the witness Norwood to testify to a conversation had with Doc (D. R.) Allen, one of the defendants, about the time of the murder, to the effect that there was…
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- Spies v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
- Alexander v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Branch v. FaustIndiana Supreme Court · 1888
- Price v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1908
- Carlton v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
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