Sharkey v. State

NIX, Judge.

The plaintiff in error, O. W. Sharkey, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was charged in the District Court of Garfield County with the crime of obtaining property by means of a false and bogus-cheek. He was found guilty by a jury who left the punishment to the trial court. Defendant was sentenced to serve a term of one year in the state penitentiary at Mc-Alester.

The evidence discloses that on and prior to June 22, 1956, the complaining witness, O. R. Whitman, 425 South Independence, Enid, Oklahoma, was engaged in the auto repair business in Enid. He became acquainted with…