Cornett v. State

The defendant, J. W, (Joe) Cornett, was charged in the court of'common pleas of Oklahoma county with the illegal possession of intoxicating liquor, was tried, found guilty by a jury who left the punishment to be fixed by the court. Thereafter the defendant was sentenced to pay a fine of $150 and be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of 30 days, and he has appealed.

The first assignment of error is that the trial court erred in overruling a motion of defendant for continuance on grounds of absence of his counsel.

The record discloses that the information was filed against the accused on…