Ward v State

Ward v State
1919 OK CR 172
180 P. 869
16 Okl.Cr. 671
Decided: 05/20/1919
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

Appeal from District Court, Rogers County; W.J. Campbell, Judge.

Doc Ward was convicted of the crime of burglary in the second degree, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years, and he appeals. Judgment affirmed.

PER CURIAM. Doc Ward was convicted in the district court of Rogers county of the crime of burglary in the second degree, and his punishment fixed as above stated.

This appeal has been pending in this court since the 4th day of June, 1917, the cause having been submitted in November, 1918, at

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which time no appearance was made by any counsel representing plaintiff in error, nor has any brief been filed in his behalf. Rule 9 of this court (12 Okla. Cr. viii, 165 P. x) provides:

"When no counsel appears, and no briefs are filed, the court will examine the pleadings, the instructions of the court and the exceptions taken thereto, and the judgment and sentence, and if no prejudicial error appears, will affirm the judgment."