Reed v. Territory
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from District Court, Payne County; J. H. Burford, Judge. Bryan Reed was convicted of selling intoxicating liquor without a license, and appealed to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma Territory, whence the cause was transferred under the Constitution of Oklahoma and the enabling act to the Supreme Court of that state, and from that court to the Criminal Court of Appeals.
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Appeal from District Court, Payne County; J. H. Burford, Judge. Bryan Reed was convicted of selling intoxicating liquor without a license, and appealed to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma Territory, whence the cause was transferred under the Constitution of Oklahoma and the enabling act to the Supreme Court of that state, and from that court to the Criminal Court of Appeals. Bxyan Reed (hereinafter called defendant) was convicted in the district court of Payne county on the nth day of October, 1906, of the offense of having sold intoxicating liquor at retail without first having obtained a…
1Opinion of the CourtFurman, Presiding Judge
(after stating the facts as above.) The defendant complains that the trial court erred in overruling his demurrer to the indictment. The specific point relied upon is that the indictment charges that the defendant did sell at retail, for the price of 25 cents, to James Hoggatt “one half-pint of spirituous liquors, to-wit, whisky, without first having complied with the provisions of law and obtained a license as a vendor of malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors.”
The statute upon which the indictment is based is in this language:
“Any person who shall sell at retail or give away upon any pretext,…
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- Harvey v. Territory of OklahomaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1901
- People v. KinneyMichigan Supreme Court · 1900
- State v. LindgroveCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1895
- Murphy v. Hood & LumleySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1903
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