State v. Rule
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from District Court, Oklahoma Cou'nty; John J. Carney, Judge. J. M. Rule was acquitted of grand larceny and obtaining a warrant under false pretenses, and the State appeals on questions reserved. Questions answered in opinion. This case comes to this court under the third subdivision of section 5990, Rev. Raws, upon exceptions taken by the prosecuting attorney to certain rulings of the trial court," excluding evidence offered by the state.
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Appeal from District Court, Oklahoma Cou'nty; John J. Carney, Judge. J. M. Rule was acquitted of grand larceny and obtaining a warrant under false pretenses, and the State appeals on questions reserved. Questions answered in opinion. This case comes to this court under the third subdivision of section 5990, Rev. Raws, upon exceptions taken by the prosecuting attorney to certain rulings of the trial court," excluding evidence offered by the state. The facts of the case, as shown by the record, are as follows: On the 5th day of December, 1913, the county attorney of Oklahoma county filed an…
1Opinion of the Court
Counsel for plaintiff in error in their brief state:
"The questions which the state desires to present to the court for its consideration in this case are as follows:
"First. For the purpose of showing criminal intent, can other transactions, similar in character and arising between the same parties and out of the same transactions, be introduced in evidence in the trial of a criminal cause?
"Second. Are books, kept by a person, firm, or corporation in the usual course of business, after being properly verified, receivable in evidence as proof of the facts therein stated, in the trial of a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. BradySupreme Court of Iowa · 1896
- Koontz v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1914
- Curtis v. BradleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1894
3Cited by74 opinions
- Roulston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1957
- Miller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1917
- Doser v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1949
- Nemecek v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1941
- Boyer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1939
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