James v State

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James v State
1940 OK CR 17
99 P.2d 161
68 Okl.Cr. 431
Decided: 02/08/1940
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

(Syllabus.)

Appeal and Error-Scope of Review Absent Briefs and Argument-Affirmance.

Appeal from Court of Common Pleas, Oklahoma County; Carl Traub, Judge.

George James was convicted of the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor, and he appeals. Affirmed.

Joe Adwon, of Oklahoma City, for plaintiff in error.

Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., for the State.

PER CURIAM. The information in this case charged George James, Ernest Lee and David Clark with having in their possession, in Oklahoma county, on the 18th day of January, 1939, 67 pints and one quart of whisky and gin, with the unlawful intent to sell the same. The defendants, George James and Ernest Lee, having waived a jury trial, were jointly tried and convicted. The defendant, George James, was sentenced to pay a fine of $75 and be confined in the county jail for 30 days.

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An appeal from this judgment was taken by filing in this court July 12, 1939, petition in error with case-made and proof of notice.

No briefs have been filed and no appearance for oral argument made.

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