Gaines v. State

Marion Gaines, plaintiff in error, here referred to as the defendant, was on the 22d day of September, 1923, in the district court of Logan county, convicted of the unlawful possession of narcotic drugs, and by the verdict of the jury his punishment was fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of five years and to pay a fine of $1,000.

The evidence shows that Tom Boggess, sheriff, Herb Spencer, chief of police of the city of Guthrie, C. E. James, a policeman, and W. M. Murphy, acting upon information received by them, were making a search for the defendant on the streets of Guthrie…