Ferguson v. State

Appellant, Joe Ferguson, was convicted in the court of common pleas in and for Oklahoma county, on a charge of unlawful possession of eleven pints and twelve half pints of whisky with the unlawful intent to sell the same. A jury having been waived, the trial was had before the court.

The state relied for this conviction upon the testimony of three officers, and there was no testimony offered on the part of the defense.

Motion for new trial was duly filed and overruled on May 27, 1939; thereupon the court rendered judgment and sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of $50 and be imprisoned in the…