Mathis v. State

The defendant, Herschel (Slim) Mathis, was charged by information filed in the court of common pleas of Tulsa county with the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor, was tried before a jury, convicted and his punishment assessed at a term of 45 days in the county jail, and to pay a fine of $250, and costs. Appeal has been perfected to this court.

The record discloses that deputy sheriffs, Roy Bradshaw, W. A. Prince, and John Bell, armed with a search warrant to search the premises of Hugh E. Laxton out on West Fifty-first street, south and west of Red Fork in Tulsa county, did on November…