Kathary v State

Kathary v State
1919 OK CR 39
177 P. 550
15 Okl.Cr. 673
Decided: 02/11/1919
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

Appeal from District Court, Carter County; W.F. Freeman, Judge.

Jack Kathary was convicted of keeping a place with intent to violate provisions of the prohibitory liquor law, and he appeals. Reversed.

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J.H. Mathers and Wm. Pfeiffer, for plaintiff in error.

The Attorney General and R. McMillan, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

PER CURIAM. The information in this case charged that Jack Kathary did keep a place in the town of Wirt, Carter county, known as the "Oil Exchange," with the intention and purpose of selling intoxicating liquors. On his trial the jury rendered a verdict finding him guilty as charged, and fixed his punishment at confinement in the county jail for 30 days and a fine of $500. To reverse the judgment rendered on the verdict an appeal was perfected.