In Re Dossett
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Original Proceeding in Habeas Corpus. On the 1st day of January, 1894, John Dossett filed his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He was tried on an indictment, returned by the grand jury of Logan county into the district court, for the crime of murder. His trial commenced on the 18th day of August, 1893, aud continued from day to day until the 28th day of August, 1893, the court sitting with the powers of a United States district and circuit court.
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Original Proceeding in Habeas Corpus. On the 1st day of January, 1894, John Dossett filed his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He was tried on an indictment, returned by the grand jury of Logan county into the district court, for the crime of murder. His trial commenced on the 18th day of August, 1893, aud continued from day to day until the 28th day of August, 1893, the court sitting with the powers of a United States district and circuit court. On the latter date, a verdict of guilty was rendered against him, as charged in the indictment. Motions for a new trial and arrest of judgment…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Scott, J.:
This proceeding presents three important questions, and upon the solution of each of them depend issues of great importance to the petitioner, the bench, the bar, and the public:
1. Has the district court any authority and power to hold adjourned sessions of court after the commencement of a regular term, at a time or times not designated in the order of the supreme court fixing the time when the terms of court shall be held?
2. Are the proceedings of such adjourned term coram nonjudice and void, and especially if the regular term of court, in…
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