Reed v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from District Court, Cleveland County; F. B. Swank, Judge. A. L. (Laney) Reed was convicted of murder, and he appeals. The information charged that on the 24th day of November, in Cleveland county, Laney Reed did then and there kill and murder one William W. Bumgarner, by shooting him with a pistol. It appears that the deceased removed from Arkansas with his family in 1890, and settled in Cleveland county, near Denver.
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Appeal from District Court, Cleveland County; F. B. Swank, Judge. A. L. (Laney) Reed was convicted of murder, and he appeals. The information charged that on the 24th day of November, in Cleveland county, Laney Reed did then and there kill and murder one William W. Bumgarner, by shooting him with a pistol. It appears that the deceased removed from Arkansas with his family in 1890, and settled in Cleveland county, near Denver. In 1902, the defendant, with his mother, á brother, and two sisters, removed from Arkansas to Cleveland county and settled in the same neighborhood. Their relations were…
1Opinion of the CourtDoyle, P. J.
(after stating the facts as above). The plaintiff in error, Laney Reed, was convicted of murder and his punishment assessed at imprisonment for life at hard labor. The appeal is from the judgment rendered in pursuance of the verdict.
The first alleged error is the decision of the court overruling the defendant’s application for a continuance. It appears from the record that the homicide was committed on the 24th day of November, 1914; that the defendant had a preliminary hearing December 7th, and on December 21st the information was filed in the district court. On February 6, 1915, the…
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