In Re Opinion of the Judges

Opinion of the judges in the matter of the conviction of Robert W. Blakely for murder, rendered in response to the request of the Governor of the state.

Hon. J. B. A. Robertson, Governor of the State of Oklahoma — Sir:

In response to your official communication of January 29, 1921, addressed to the judges of this court for an opinion (as provided by section 5969, Rev. Laws) in the matter of the conviction of Robert W. Blakely in the district court of Muskogee county of the crime of murder and judgment and sentence, rendered November 27, 1920, in pursuance of the verdict, that he suffer death…