Davidson v. State

This action was commenced in the superior court of Pottawatomie county by filing an information charging the plaintiff in error with the crime of compounding a felony under section 1674 of the Compiled Laws of 1921, the charging part of which information is as follows :

“The said Ira Davidson, then and there being a public official, to wit, a qualified and acting constable within and for Pottawatomie county, Okla., and having knowledge of the commission of a public offense theretofore having been committed on or about the 20th day of October, 1920, by one Ben Smith, wherein the said Ben Smith…