Morris v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from District Court, Stephens County; Prank M. Bailey, Judge. J. T. Morris was convicted ’ of manslaughter, and appeals. J. T. Morris, plaintiff in error (hereinafter designated the defendant) was indicted in the district court of Comanche county, territory of Oklahoma, on the 24th day of September, 1907, for the murder of George Bordner.
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Appeal from District Court, Stephens County; Prank M. Bailey, Judge. J. T. Morris was convicted ’ of manslaughter, and appeals. J. T. Morris, plaintiff in error (hereinafter designated the defendant) was indicted in the district court of Comanche county, territory of Oklahoma, on the 24th day of September, 1907, for the murder of George Bordner. Subsequent to the return of said indictment that portion of Comanche .county, territory of Oklahoma, in which it was alleged said homicide had occurred, was placed within the boundariés of Stephens county, state of Oklahoma, as designated by the…
1Opinion of the CourtDoyle, J.
The petition alleges twenty-three assignments of error. With one exception they are all based on the rulings of the court in the admission of testimony. The majority of the assignments are unimportant and were not referred to in the oral argument. They have all been examined, however, and such of them as are deemed worthy of comment will be considered here.
The first objection relates to the testimony of Mrs. Margaret Curley. The witness testified that at the time of the homicide she was living as a tenant on the defendant’s place with her children,' one a son named George Curley; that she was…
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