Burke v State

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Burke v State
1932 OK CR 200
16 P.2d 1118
54 Okl.Cr. 157
Decided: 11/18/1932
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

Appeal from District Court, Kay County; John S. Burger, Judge.

C.E. Burke and R.C. Clark were convicted of the crime of obtaining money under false pretense, and they appeal. Affirmed.

W.R. Withington, for plaintiffs in error.

J. Berry King, Atty. Gen., and Smith C. Matson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Page 158

PER CURIAM. The plaintiffs in error, C.E. Burke and R.C. Clark, were by information jointly charged with John W. Luppy, of obtaining money under false pretense; C.E. Burke and R.C. Clark were tried jointly, convicted, and sentenced as follows: The punishment of C.E. Burke was fixed by the jury at six years in the state penitentiary and a fine of $500; the punishment of R.C. Clark, three years in the state penitentiary.

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