Legal Opinion

Thompson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided November 22, 1910No. A-224PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from District Court, Muskogee County; John H. King, Judge. The defendant was prosecuted by information for the crime of forgery and sentenced to seven years’ confinement in the state penitentiary and appealed.

1Opinion of the Court

FURMAN, Presiding Judge.

The defendant was prosecuted by information for the offense of forgery, alleged to have been committed on the 16th day of August, 1907, in that portion of the State of Oklahoma which, prior to statehood, constituted Indian Territory. This being the case, the defendant could, be prosecuted for this offense by indictment only, as the law with reference to information was not then in force in that section of the country. Under a provision of the Enabling Act, the terms of which were adopted and accepted by our Constitution, a defendant charged with having committed a…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. Ex Parte AdairCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1911

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