Snapp v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Error from McClain County Court; E. E. Glaseo, Judge. Hamp Snapp was convicted of unlawfully selling liquor, and brings error to the Supreme Court. ’Cause transferred to Criminal Court of Appeals.
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Error from McClain County Court; E. E. Glaseo, Judge. Hamp Snapp was convicted of unlawfully selling liquor, and brings error to the Supreme Court. ’Cause transferred to Criminal Court of Appeals. This conviction was had on an unverified information filed in the county court of McClain county, by the county attorney of said county, which information, omitting the formal part, reads as follows: “Comes now Ben Franklin, the duly qualified and acting county attorney, in and for McClain county, and state of Oklahoma, and on his official oath gives the county court in and for said MoClain county…
1Opinion of the Court
DOYLE, Judge,
(after stating the facts as above). The petition sets fforth numerous 'assignments! of ¡error, which are argued in the brief. However, it is unnecessary to notice but the one, that:
“The court erred in overruling defendant’s demurrer to the information, which demurrer was properly presented prior to the plea herein, and exception properly saved thereto by proper motion in arrest of judgment was by the court overruled, to which the defendant duly excepted: v (A) Because said information was not verified. (B) Because said information fails to state that the sale complained of was an…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Price v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1908
- United States v. TureaudU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Louisiana · 1884
- Salter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
- Abbott v. TerritoryCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1908
- Ex Parte FlowersCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
3Cited by4 opinions
- Buis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1990
- Curtis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1948
- Whittemore v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1924
- Buis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1990