Stockton v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from District Court, Haskell County.; Malcolm E. Rosser, Judge. Sid Stockton and Ed Clark and Tom Stockton were jointly prosecuted by information charging them with the offense of assault with intent to murder. When the ease • was reached for trial, a severance was granted, and the appellant Sid Stockton was tried separately.
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Appeal from District Court, Haskell County.; Malcolm E. Rosser, Judge. Sid Stockton and Ed Clark and Tom Stockton were jointly prosecuted by information charging them with the offense of assault with intent to murder. When the ease • was reached for trial, a severance was granted, and the appellant Sid Stockton was tried separately. He was found guilty by the jury of an assault with intent to murder, and his punishment was assessed at five years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary, and he appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
FURMAN, PRESIDING -Judge.
First. It is contended that the trial court erred in permitting the county attorney to indorse the names of additional witnesses on the information after the jury had been impaneled. Under section 6691, Snyder’s Comp. Laws of Okla. 1909, it is within the discretion of the court to permit the names of additional witnesses for the prosecution to be indorsed on the indictment or informtaion after the trial has begun. See Vance v. Territory, 3 Okla. Cr. 208, 105 Pac. 307. There is nothing in the record which indicates that the court abused its discretion in this matter,…
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