In Re Opinion of the Judges

Opinion of the Justices in response tó a request by Hon. J. B. A. Robertson, Governor of the State of Oklahoma.

Hon. J. B. A. Robertson, Governor of the State of Oklahoma — Sir:

In response to your official communication of Sep tember 28, 1920, addressed to the judges of this court, for an opinion (as provided in section 5969, Revised. Laws 1910) in the matter of the conviction of Eli Thomas in the district court of LeFlore county, Okla., on the' 8th day of Steptember, 1920, of the crime of murder, and sentenced to be put to death by electrocution in the state-penitentiary on the 23d day of…