Coleman v. the Territory of Oklahoma
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the District Court of Oklahoma County. At the February, 1896, term of the district court of Oklahoma county, plaintiff in error, Asa Coleman, was tried and found guilty and sentenced for the crime of forgery. Prom such judgment he appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Taesney, J.:
Plaintiff in error brings this case here and asks a reversal on numerous assignments of error.
The only questions presented in this court requiring our consideration or attention, are those presented by the action of the court below, in overruling a demurrer to the indictment, and upon the instructions, as to the law of the case, given to the jury.
At the November, 1895, term of said court, the defendant was indicted under the second paragraph of § 2356, of the Statutes of Oklahoma, which said paragraph reads as follows:
“Second. Any…
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