Smith v. State

The plaintiff in error, defendant below, George Smith, was charged, tried, convicted and sentenced to 7 years in the penitentiary in the district court of Okmulgee county, Okla., for the crime of maiming H. O. Crane.

The prosecution was brought under the provisions of Title 21, § 751, O.S.A. 1941, and the punishment as sessed under the provisions, of Title 21, § 759, O.S.A. 1941, all as by law provided. This is the same charge with apparently the same result as was intended in the first trial, the results of which are reported in Smith v. State, 83 Okla. Cr. 392, 177 P. 2d 523.

Briefly, the…