Moreland v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the county court of Payne county on a charge of unlawfully selling one pint of intoxicating liquor, to wit, whisky, and his punishment fixed at a fine of $250 and confinement in the county jail for a period of 30 days. From this judgment he appeals.

The defendant complains, first, that the court erred in overruling his application for a continuance on account of the absence of two witnesses whose evidence, defendant alleged, was material to his defense.

In the case of Herndon v. State, 35 Okla. Cr. 371, 250 Pac. 942, this…