Landrum v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from County Court, Carter County; M. F. Winfrey, Judge. Virgil Landrum was convicted of violating the prohibitory liquor law, and he appeals.
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Appeal from County Court, Carter County; M. F. Winfrey, Judge. Virgil Landrum was convicted of violating the prohibitory liquor law, and he appeals. The case was tried upon the following agreed statement of facts: “That on the 15th day of June, 1911, Ed Smith approached the defendant, Virgil Landrum, in the city of Ard-more, and requested him, Landrum, to order for him, Smith, one gallon of whisky; that he wrote a letter at Smith’s request, and signed Smith’s name to said letter, same being addressed to II. Brann & Co. of Ft. Worth, Tex., who are lawfully licensed and engaged in the sale of…
1Opinion of the CourtFurman, J.
(after stating the facts as above). If the agreed statement of facts is susceptible of a reasonable construction which would warrant the conviction of appellant, it is our duty to affirm this judgment.
It appears . that Ed Smith had requested appellant to order for said Smith one gallon of whisky, but it does not appear that said Smith made any request of appellant as to the person or place from which the whisky should be ordered or made any agreement with appellant as to how the whisky was to be sent or paid for. That thereupon appellant of his own motion selected H. Brann & Co. of Ft. Worth,…
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