Finley v. State

The defendant, George Finley, a constable in Oklahoma county, was charged, tried, convicted of the crime of bribery, and his punishment assessed at one year in the county jail and a fine of |500. The jail sentence was suspended.

There are numerous assignments of error, which we will consider under the various propositions set forth in the defendant’s brief.

In his first proposition, George Finley complains that the preliminary information was not sworn to by W. N. Mounger, assistant county attorney, the complaining witness. This objection was first raised in the district court, after the…