Walker v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from District Court, Creek County; Wade S. Stanfield, Judge. Bob Walker was convicted of murder, and appeals. Plaintiff in error, Bob Walker, herein referred to as the defendant, was by information charged with having killed Ered Evans, at Mannford, Creek county, Oltla., on the 2d day of December, 1911. Upon his trial he was found guilty of murder, and his punishment assessed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life.
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Appeal from District Court, Creek County; Wade S. Stanfield, Judge. Bob Walker was convicted of murder, and appeals. Plaintiff in error, Bob Walker, herein referred to as the defendant, was by information charged with having killed Ered Evans, at Mannford, Creek county, Oltla., on the 2d day of December, 1911. Upon his trial he was found guilty of murder, and his punishment assessed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. Judgment and sentence was rendered on the 10th day of February, 1912. The evidence shows that the defendant, Bob Walker, and his brother, Bud Walker, went to work,…
1Opinion of the CourtDoyle, J.
(after stating the facts as above). The assignments of error relied upon for the reversal of this judgment are based on exceptions to rulings in receiving and rejecting evidence. A careful examination of the record leads to the conclusion that the only error assigned which we cannot disregard as merely technical and without substantial merit is the first, that the court erred in permitting the state’s witness Earl E. Ells-worth to testify without service of written notice at least two days before the trial. The record shows that on February 5, Earl E. Ellsworth was sworn and called as the…
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