Selstrom v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from Superior Court, Logan County; S. S. Lawrence, Judge. John Selstrom was convicted of having possession of intoxicating liquor with intent to sell the same, and was on the 27th day of May, 1911, sentenced in accordance with the verdict to serve a term of 30 days in the county jail and to pay a fine of $50, and to stand committed until the fine is satisfied according to law. From the judgment and an order overruling a motion for a new trial the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDoyle, J.
The principal assignment of error alleges misconduct of the jury as set forth by the affidavit of G. C. Smith, the defendant's attorney, in support of the motion for a new trial, in substance, as follows: That after the jury had retired for deliberation in charge of its bailiff, Levy McVay, one of the jurors named Green came out of the jury room into the courtroom, and walked across to the jury box where coats and hats were hanging, and there obtained from one of the coats something which affiant is unable to say; that at the time said juror was not in charge of a bailiff. Affiant further…
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