Turner v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from District Court, Carter County; 8. H. Russell, Judge. Frank Turner was convicted of murder and sentenced to imprisonment for life at hard labor, and he appeals. Plaintiff in error (hereinafter designated the defendant) was on the 12th day of November, 1908, indicted in the District Court of Carter County.
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Appeal from District Court, Carter County; 8. H. Russell, Judge. Frank Turner was convicted of murder and sentenced to imprisonment for life at hard labor, and he appeals. Plaintiff in error (hereinafter designated the defendant) was on the 12th day of November, 1908, indicted in the District Court of Carter County. The indictment charged that on the 19th day of September, 1908, in said county and state, the defendant did kill and murder one Charles McCumber by shooting him with a shotgun. Upon his trial, the jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder and designated as his punishment…
1Opinion of the CourtDoyle, Judge
(after stating the facts as above). Numerous errors are alleged in the' petition, and the case has been ably and elaborately argued in this court, and if the reasons given for our decision are not as elaborate as the arguments, it is not because we have not given that careful consideration to the questions raised that their gravity and importance demands.
When the ease was called for trial the defendant made application for a change of venue, on the ground:
“That the minds of the inhabitants of Carter County are so prejudiced against him that a fair and impartial trial can not be had therein.”
Th…
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