Talkington v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Ralph E. ‘Campbell, 'Judge. Criminal prosecution by the United States against Steve Talkington and Joe Bastine. Judgment of conviction, and defendants bring error.
1Per curiam
Talkington and Bastine were tried, convicted, and sentenced for introducing into the county of Carter, state of Oklahoma, from without the state of Oklahoma intoxicating liquor." At the close of all the evidence counsel for defendants demurred to the evidence offered by the government for the reason that the same was insufficient to convict them of the offense charged in the indictment. The demurrers were overruled and an exception taken. •
We have carefully read the testimony, and are of the opinion that the demurrers should have been sustained. There was a failure of evidence to show that…
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