Thompson v. State

Nellie M. Thompson was convicted in the county court of Major county of selling one pint of whiskey to an investigator of the Department of Public Safety of the State of Oklahoma. The case was tried to a jury, resulting in the conviction of the defendant with a fine of $50 and thirty days in the county jail assessed.

The evidence indicates that the alleged purchase was made as a basis for a search warrant subsequently obtained, but where no further liquor was found.

The state sought to prove by the state operative alleged to have purchased the pint of whiskey that he was sent to Major county to…