Wells v. Territory of Oklahoma
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the District Court of Nolle County; before Bay-ard T. Rainer, Trial Judge. 8. R. Rams, for plaintiff in error. STATEMENT OE PACTS. Balph Wells, the plaintiff in error, was indicted by the grand jury at the December, 1901, term of the district court of Noble county, charged with the murder of one James M. Powell.
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Error from the District Court of Nolle County; before Bay-ard T. Rainer, Trial Judge. 8. R. Rams, for plaintiff in error. STATEMENT OE PACTS. Balph Wells, the plaintiff in error, was indicted by the grand jury at the December, 1901, term of the district court of Noble county, charged with the murder of one James M. Powell. Trial was had at the November, 1902, term of that court; verdict was returned finding him gnilty of manslaughter in the first degree; motion for a new trial heard and overruled by the court, and exceptions saved; and he was sentenced to a term of eight years in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
Beauchamp, J.:
The first error assigned is the order of court overruling challenge of plaintiff in error to the grand jury, and the order of the court overruling the motion of plaintiff in error to set aside the indictment. The ground for the motion is the alleged illegal organization of the grand jury which returned the indictment. The same questions involved in this assignment were presented to this court in the case of Sharp v. United States, 13 Okla. 522, and as this court in that case has determined the questions raised adversely to the contention of the plaintiff…
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