Cox v. Territory
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from District Cowt, Pawnee County; Bayard Earner, Judge. Walter Cox was convicted of stealing a horse, and he appeals. This is an appeal from a judgment and sentence of the district court of Pawnee county. The plaintiff in error, Walter Cox, was tried and convicted in November, 1906, on an indictment drawn under section 248.0, Wilson’s iiev. & Ann. St. 1903, charging him with stealing a horse.
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Appeal from District Cowt, Pawnee County; Bayard Earner, Judge. Walter Cox was convicted of stealing a horse, and he appeals. This is an appeal from a judgment and sentence of the district court of Pawnee county. The plaintiff in error, Walter Cox, was tried and convicted in November, 1906, on an indictment drawn under section 248.0, Wilson’s iiev. & Ann. St. 1903, charging him with stealing a horse. The horse was stolen in Payne county, and taken into Pawnee county, where the prosecution was had. — -Improper argument of prosecuting attorney: Hughes’ Cr. Law and Proe., pp.748 and 749; State…
1Opinion of the Court
OWEN, Judge.
One assignment of error is that the indictment was improperly returned for the reason that the deputy clerk acted in some instances and discharged certain duties by statute assigned to the clerk. Since counsel for defendant have not considered this point of sufficient importance to brief it, or cite any authorities for the assistance of this court in determining the question, Ave shall not consider this assignment.
Four reasons are urged for reversing the case: First, that the district court of Pawnee county did not have jurisdiction to try the defendant, for the reason that the…
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