Keith v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from Superior Court, Muskogee County; Parrar L. McCain, Judge. R. E. Keith was convicted of violating'the prohibitory law, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtFurman, P. J.
There is no question in this case as to the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict, and but one proposition is submitted in the brief of counsel for appellant, and that is that the court erred in refusing to allow the appellant, by taking the testimony of two jurors, to show’ the manner in which the jury arrived at its verdict.
It has been repeatedly decided by the unanimous opinions of this court that the affidavits of jurors cannot be received for the purpose of impeaching their verdict.
In the case of Vanderburg v. State, 6 Okla. Cr. 486, 120 Pac. 301, Judge Doyle, speaking for…
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