Ford v. State

The defendant below, Frank Ford, was charged in the superior court of Okmulgee county, Henryetta division, with the crime of murder; was tried, convicted of first degree manslaughter and sentenced to serve a term of 25 years in the State Penitentiary, and he appeals.

The petition in error with case-made attached was filed herein on July 9, 1948. The defendant had 60 days within which to file a brief. The defendant filed no brief in his behalf. The case was set for oral argument on October 26, 1949. No one appeared for the defendant, and the case was submitted on the record on that date. No…