In re Opinion of the Judges

In re Opinion of the Judges
1926 OK CR 294
248 P. 350
35 Okl.Cr. 39
Decided: 07/07/1926
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

Opinion of the Judges of the Criminal Court of Appeals in response to a request from the Governor relative to the conviction of Roswell Hamilton of the crime of murder.

To His Excellency, the Governor of the State of Oklahoma Sir:

In response to your official communication of June 10, 1926, asking for an opinion as provided in section 2786, Comp. Stat. 1921, in the matter of the conviction of Roswell Hamilton upon a charge of the crime of murder in the district court of Hughes county on the 20th day of May, 1926, who was by the judgment of said court on said date sentenced to be put to death by electrocution on the 22d day of July, 1926, we hereby submit the following opinion of the judges:

EDWARDS, J. The record submitted and to which is attached your request above mentioned discloses that the said Roswell Hamilton was charged with murder by information in the district court of Hughes county and that said information was filed in this court on the 21st day of April, 1926, and trial

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