Harrold v. Territory of Oklahoma
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the District Court of Comanche County; before F. E. Gillette, Trial Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
Burford, C. J.:
The plaintiff in error was convicted in the district court of Comanche county of the crime of stealing cattle, and sentenced to serve a term of four years in the penitentiary.
On the trial of the case the territory offered to prove certain statements made by the prisoner in the way of confessions. The prisoner’s counsel objected to the competency of the confessions on the ground that they were not voluntary but were induced through promises of -leniency by the prosecuting officers. It appeared that there were other prosecutions pending against the…
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