Cline v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from Pottawatomie ■County Court; Boss F. Loclcridge, Judge. Joe Cline and Ellis Cline were convicted in tbe county court of Pottawatomie county, charged with the offense of disturbing religious worship. The punishment of appellant Joe Cline was assessed at a fine of $50 and 10 days confinement in the county jail. The punishment of appellant Ellis Cline was assessed at a fine of $25 and 10 days confinement in the county jail. Appealed.
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Appeal from Pottawatomie ■County Court; Boss F. Loclcridge, Judge. Joe Cline and Ellis Cline were convicted in tbe county court of Pottawatomie county, charged with the offense of disturbing religious worship. The punishment of appellant Joe Cline was assessed at a fine of $50 and 10 days confinement in the county jail. The punishment of appellant Ellis Cline was assessed at a fine of $25 and 10 days confinement in the county jail. Appealed. The evidence in this case may be stated in narrative form, as follows: On the evening of the 24th day of December, 1910, there was a Christmas tree…
1Opinion of the CourtFurman, J.
(after stating the facts as above.) First. The briefs filed in behalf of appellants in this cause are so badly typewritten, indistinct, blotted, and blurred as to be almost unintelligible. For the .purpose of saving expense to. their clients, we are perfectly willing to permit lawyers to file typewritten briefs; but these briefs should be so prepared that they may be readily read and understood by the court. It is an abuse of the privilege to file typewritten briéfs to prepare them in such manner that they cannot be easily read. We have had so much trouble with indistinct typewritten briefs…
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