Barnett v. State

The defendant, W. J. Barnett, was charged by indictment, duly presented and filed in the district court of Oklahoma county, with the crime of corruption in office, was tried, convicted and sentenced to serve five years in the State Penitentiary, and has appealed.

It is first contended that the trial court erred in overruling the demurrer to the indictment.

At the time the defendant was arraigned he filed what was styled “Motion to Quash and Expunge Instru ment Entitled ‘Indictment’ from the Record and to Exonerate Defendant’s Bail.” The motion was sustained by the district court of Oklahoma…