Legal Opinion

Lawless v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided November 15, 1913No. A-1859Published

Appeal from the County Court, Craig County; S. P. Parks, Judge. P. J. Lawless was convicted of a violation of the prohibitory law,, and appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

PEE. CURIAM.

This appeal is prosecuted from a conviction had in the county court of Craig county, on the 5th day of July, 1912, in which the defendant was found guilty of so-called malicious trespass, and was sentenced to pay a fine of one hundred dollars. The evidence shows that the defendant was in the possession of certain premises under leases for eight or nine years, and had built and rebuilt certain fences thereon. That the complaining witness, Charles Coppers, purchased said land; that the defendant removed the wire for about seventy yards along the section line by cutting the staples…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. McGlassen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1913

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