Armstrong v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Noble County; W. M. Bowles, Judge. Henry T. Armstrong was convicted of murder, and he brings error. Henry T. Armstrong, plaintiff in error, hereinafter designated “defendant,” was convicted of murder, and his punishment assessed at death.
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Error from District Court, Noble County; W. M. Bowles, Judge. Henry T. Armstrong was convicted of murder, and he brings error. Henry T. Armstrong, plaintiff in error, hereinafter designated “defendant,” was convicted of murder, and his punishment assessed at death. This conviction was had on an information filed by Charles R. Bostick, county attorney of Noble county, in the district court of said county, on the 15th day of February, 1909. Said information charged that defendant, Henry T. Armstrong, and Albert Mitchell, on or about the 19th day of December, 1908, did, with malice aforethought,…
1Opinion of the Court
DOYLE) Judge,
(after stating tlie facts as above). As viewed in the light of the evidence before us, this was a crime of appalling atrocity. The main features of ■ the evidence may be succinctly stated as follows: The deceased, with his wife and three children of tender years, resided on a rented farm, known as the “Mossman Place,” about 10 miles northeast of Perry and two miles west of Otoe Station in Noble county. In the spring of 1908, the deceased and defendant put in a cotton crop on this farm upon the shares, and the defendant stayed at the home of the deceased until some time in July of…
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