Faucett v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from District Court, Tulsa County; L. M. Poe, Judge. Walter Faucett was convicted of manslaughter, and appeals. After a jury was impaneled and sworn to try the case, counsel for appellant filed the following special plea: “The defendant, Walter Faucett, further pleads that, after the deceased, John Cox, was stabbed, and after this defendant had been arrested on a warrant issued by John J. Slack, justice of the peace of Tulsa township in Tulsa county, Okla., charged…
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Appeal from District Court, Tulsa County; L. M. Poe, Judge. Walter Faucett was convicted of manslaughter, and appeals. After a jury was impaneled and sworn to try the case, counsel for appellant filed the following special plea: “The defendant, Walter Faucett, further pleads that, after the deceased, John Cox, was stabbed, and after this defendant had been arrested on a warrant issued by John J. Slack, justice of the peace of Tulsa township in Tulsa county, Okla., charged with the offense of cutting and stabbing the said John Cox, with intent to kill the said John Cox, and while said…
1Opinion of the CourtFurman, J.
(after stating the facts as above). The only contention presented in behalf of appellant in the brief of counsel is that, when an inquest was being held to ascertain the cause of the death of the deceased, appellant was summoned as a witness by the justice of the peace, who was acting as coroner, and placed upon the stand and compelled to give evidence of the entire transaction which resulted in the death of the deceased; that all of this evidence was given over the objection of his counsel, and that thereby appellant had by said justice of the peace been granted immunity under the…
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