Huff v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from County Court, Love Countyj B. A. Keller, Judge. Sam Huff was convicted of violating the prohibitory law, and appeals. E. M. Eskew testified for the state that he was at the depot when defendant Huff got off the train about 11:30 p. m. about 60 feet south of the depot. He had a package under his arm and started on up, passed the depot, with Green White and Sam Huff, when they were stopped and the whisky was taken from them. Said they had the whisky for club.
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Appeal from County Court, Love Countyj B. A. Keller, Judge. Sam Huff was convicted of violating the prohibitory law, and appeals. E. M. Eskew testified for the state that he was at the depot when defendant Huff got off the train about 11:30 p. m. about 60 feet south of the depot. He had a package under his arm and started on up, passed the depot, with Green White and Sam Huff, when they were stopped and the whisky was taken from them. Said they had the whisky for club. A good many people were present. This occurred at the depot. In the conversation that took place, defendant said that he and…
1Opinion of the CourtFukman, J.
(after stating the facts as above). First. Appellant, who lives in Love county, Okla., which was formerly a part of the Indian Territory, was convicted for having conveyed whisky from one point in said state and county to another point in said state and county. The defense was that the whisky being conveyed rvas brought by him from Gaines-ville, Tex., on the railroad train and that it belonged to a club of eight, each of whom contributed a proportionate amount to pay for it, and that appellant was conveying the whisky from the depot to his home for distribution among the owners.
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