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In Re Tucker

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided November 22, 1910No. A-770PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Original Proceeding by Writ of Habeas Gorpus. The petitioner, Ben Tucker, being imprisoned under a conviction for a violation of the prohibition laws, seeks by writ of habeas corpus to be released.

1Opinion of the Court

RICHARDSON, Judge.

On September 11, 1909, during what purported to be the July term of the County Court of Jackson County, the petitioner was convicted of a violation of the pro hibition law, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $500.00 and to be imprisoned in the county jail for a term of sixty days. He thereupon obtained an allowance of time for making and serving a case preparatory to taking an appeal, but for some reason the appeal was never perfected. After the expiration of the time allowed, the county court issued a commitment directing that the petitioner be imprisoned in accordance with…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hansen v. SchlesingerIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
  2. Maynes v. BrockwaySupreme Court of Iowa · 1881
  3. Willard v. WhitneySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1860
  4. In re MackeSupreme Court of Kansas · 1883

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. TurlokMontana Supreme Court · 1926
  2. State v. PooleMontana Supreme Court · 1923
  3. State v. TurlockMontana Supreme Court · 1926
  4. Wheeler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1923
  5. Cornelson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1926

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