In Re Opinion of the Judges

Opinion of the Judges of the Criminal Court of Appeals in response to a request of the Governor relative to the conviction of Richard Birkes of the crime of murder.

Honorable M. E. Trapp, Governor of the State of Oklahoma — Sir: In response to your official communication of December 26, 1923, addressed to this court, asking for an opinion as provided in section 2786, Compiled Statutes Oklahoma 1921, in the matter of the conviction of Richard Birkes in the district court of Craig county on the 17th day of November, 1923, by judgment of said court sentenced to be put to death by electrocution on…