Melton v. State

POWELL, Presiding Judge.

Elmer Melton and Lonnie Poe were jointly charged in the court of common pleas of Oklahoma County with the illegal possession of intoxicating liquor, and a jury being waived, were tried before the court, found guilty and punishment was assessed as to the defendant Melton at a fine of $100 and confinement in the county jail for thirty days, and as to Lonnie Poe at a fine of $50 and confinement in the county jail for thirty days. The defendants have perfected an appeal.

The gist of complaint is that the court erred in overruling the demurrer interposed to the State’s…