In Re Opinion of the Judges

Opinion of the’Judges, of the Criminal Court of Appeals in response to a request by Hon. J. B. A. Robertson, Governor, relative to the conviction of John G. Ledbetter of the crime of murder.

Sir: In response to your official communication of January 26, 1921, addressed to this court, asking for an opinion, as provided in section 5969, Revised Laws of Oklahoma, 1910, in the matter of the conviction of John G. Ledbetter in the district court of Muskogee county, Okla., on the 16th day of November,- 1920, of the crime of murder, and who was on the 2d day of December, 1920, by judgment of the court…