Legal Opinion

Hargrove v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided January 13, 1913No. A-1513PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from Oklahoma County Court-; John W. Hayson, Judge. T. C. Hargrove was convicted of selling intoxicating liquors, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the county jail for 90 days and a fine of $300, and he appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtEurman, P. J.

First. The state introduced in evidence a certified copy of the record of the United States internal revenue collector for the district of Oklahoma, showing that the defendant had taken out an internal revenue license to pursue the business of retail liquor dealer in Oklahoma City covering the time of the commission of the offense charged. To the introduction of this evidence counsel for áppellant excepted. The admissibility of this testimony is not an open question in Oklahoma. See Billingsley v. State, 4 Okla. Cr. 597, 113 Pac. 241. Our statute makes the payment of this internal revenue tax…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Billingsley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1911

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. KilmerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Griggs v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1954
  3. Garner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1952

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