Foster v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from District Court,, Jefferson County; Roy Hoffman, Assigned Judge. C. V. Foster was convicted of manslaughter in the second degree, and brings error. Appellant, C. V. Foster, and his son, Baker Foster, were jointly prosecuted by information and tried in the district court of Jefferson county forthe offense of murder.
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Appeal from District Court,, Jefferson County; Roy Hoffman, Assigned Judge. C. V. Foster was convicted of manslaughter in the second degree, and brings error. Appellant, C. V. Foster, and his son, Baker Foster, were jointly prosecuted by information and tried in the district court of Jefferson county forthe offense of murder. Baker Foster was found not guilty by the jury; but appellant, C. V. Foster, was found guilty of manslaughter in the second degree, and his punishment was assessed by the court at confinement in the penitentiary for the period of four years. The material portions of the…
1Opinion of the CourtFurman, P. J.
(after stating the facts as above). First. Every word of the testimony offered by appellant and excluded by the court was competent and material, and should have been admitted. This offered evidence is fully set out in the statement of the case accompanying this opinion, and it is not necessary to restate it here.
The offer to introduce in evidence the files in the injunction proceedings pending against appellant- in the district court of Jefferson county should have been received, because under these proceedings it was the duty of appellant to keep the infant child in question within the…
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