Gransden v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from District Court, Greer County; G. A. Brown, Judge. W. Ii. Gransden was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and appeals. The information charged the defendant with having, on the 2nd day of May, 1913, in Greer county, killed and murdered one J. K. Tytle, by shooting him with a pistol. Upon the trial of the case the defendant was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and was sentenced to be imprisoned in the penitentiary for the term of 10 years.
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Appeal from District Court, Greer County; G. A. Brown, Judge. W. Ii. Gransden was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and appeals. The information charged the defendant with having, on the 2nd day of May, 1913, in Greer county, killed and murdered one J. K. Tytle, by shooting him with a pistol. Upon the trial of the case the defendant was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and was sentenced to be imprisoned in the penitentiary for the term of 10 years. The evidence shows: That the defendant owned and kept an automobile garage at Granite in Greer county. That the…
1Opinion of the CourtDoyle, P. J.
(after stating the facts as above). Plaintiff in error, W. H. Gransden, was tried for the murder of J. K. Lytle. The jury returned a verdict finding him guilty of manslaughter in the first degree, leaving his punishment to be fixed by the court. On the 2nd day of August, 1913, the court rendered judgment, and he was sentenced to be imprisoned in the penitentiary for the term of 10 years.
The first and second assignments of error are the usual ones: That the verdict was contrary to law and to the evidence, and that the court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial. The third assignment…
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