Legal Opinion
Shields v. State
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided April 11, 1939No. 29026PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDanner, J.
On October 6, 1938, a grand jury in Tulsa county returned a written accusation against Eddie J. 'Shields, police commissioner of the city of Tulsa, wherein he was charged in four counts with being guilty of various acts and omissions constituting grounds for removal from office, and praying that he be removed.
In due time the defendant Shields filed his answer and the case came on for trial before an assigned judge, without a jury. At the conclusion of the state’s evidence the court sustained the defendant’s demurrer to three of the four counts, and overruled it as to the remaining count. The…
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