Bowles v. State

This was an action by the state against R. P. Bowles, as defendant, seeking to remove the defendant from the office of mayor of the city of Durant, in Bryan county.

The prosecution was instituted after the defendant had been charged by accusation of the grand jury with various offenses. The accusation contained five counts, to each of which the defendant demurred, which demurrer was by the court overruled. At the conclusion of plaintiff’s evidence, the court sustained the defendant’s demurrer to the evidence as to counts Nos. 4 and 5, but overruled said demurrer as to counts Nos. 1, 2, and 3.…