Cooksey v. State

Plaintiff in error, Vol Cooksey, was tried and convicted for the offense of unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor, and in accordance with the verdict of the jury was sentenced to pay a fine of $500 and be confined in the county jail for 6 months. From the judgment an appeal was perfected by filing in this court petition in error with case-made on February 20, 1927.

Counsel for the state have filed a motion to dismiss the appeal, “for the reason that the said defendant, Vol Cooksey, is a fugitive from justice, having made his escape from the county jail of Greer county, Okla., on the 4th…