Milam v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Muskogee county of the crime of forgery in the second degree, and his punishment fixed by the jury at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for four years.

Defendant makes no contention that the evidence of the state is insufficient to support the verdict of the jury, but contends that the case must be reversed because of an improper statement made by the trial court to another jury in the presence of the jury trying the case at bar.

It appears from the record that during the progress of the trial of the…