Lightle v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from Muskogee County Court; W. C. Jackson, Judge. Joe M. Lightle was convicted of violating the liquor law, and appeals. The charging part of the information is as follows: “That the said Joe M. Lightle in the county of Muskogee, state of Oklahoma, on the .29th day of August, 1908, did knowingly and unlawfully sell and furnish intoxicating liquors, contrary to the form of the statutes in such cases made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the state.”
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Appeal from Muskogee County Court; W. C. Jackson, Judge. Joe M. Lightle was convicted of violating the liquor law, and appeals. The charging part of the information is as follows: “That the said Joe M. Lightle in the county of Muskogee, state of Oklahoma, on the .29th day of August, 1908, did knowingly and unlawfully sell and furnish intoxicating liquors, contrary to the form of the statutes in such cases made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the state.” The defendant demurred to the information upon the following ground: “Because said information does not. state the name or…
1Opinion of the Court
FURMAN PRESIDING Judge,
(after stating the facts as above). First. The case of Fletcher v. State, ante, p. 300, 101 Pac. 599, is conclusive as' to the insufficiency of the information in this case upon the ground that it does not allege the name of the person to whom, the liquor was sold, or allege that such name was unknown.
Second. It ivas proven upon the trial that the defendant had sold at wholesale some kind of liquor to a witness named Banks, which Banks was selling at retail.
J. M. Brueker, being sworn for the state, testified as follows:
■ “By Mr. Crump: Q. Is your name J. M. Brueker ? A.…
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