Williams v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Muskogee County; R. P. deGraffenried, Judge. Willie Williams was convicted of murder, and he brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtBrett, J.
In this case the plaintiff in error,. who will be referred to as defendant, was tried and convicted of murder, and sentenced to suffer the death penalty. The record indicates that he was ably and diligently defended, and every possible right that he had faithfully guarded . and protected; but both the law and the facts were -against him, and, penned by the stern hand of justice, the verdict could not have been less.
Without going into the revolting details, the material facts áre: That about 2 o’clock on the morning of December 26, 1915, deceased, Sam Neal, who was a member of the police force…
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- Morris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1911
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