Gibbons v. Territory
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from District Court, Caddo County; Frank M. Bailey, Judge. Thomas Gibbons was tried in the district conrt of Caddo county on a charge of murder and convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ABMSTBONG, Jubge.
This case was tried once before and an appeal taken to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma Territory, and upon the coming of statehood the appeal was determined by the Oklahoma State Supreme Court in an opinion by Mr. Justice Turner, reported in 1 Okla. Cr. 198, 96 Pac. 466. A complete statement of the facts will be found in that opinion, and no good purpose could be served by a restatement here. In addition to the statement there, in the last trial had, from which the appeal we are now reviewing was taken, the state admitted that the deceased, Thurston Benfro, shot and killed…
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