Duncan v State

Duncan v State
1919 OK CR 206
181 P. 739
16 Okl.Cr. 683
Decided: 06/21/1919
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

Appeal from County Court, Ellis County; S.A. Miller, Judge.

Donald Duncan was convicted of the offense of obstructing a public highway, and sentenced to pay a fine of $5 and costs of the action, and he appeals. Affirmed.

C.B. Leedy, for plaintiff in error.

S.P. Freeling, Atty. Gen., and R. McMillan, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

PER CURIAM. Plaintiff in error, Donald Duncan, was convicted in the county court of Ellis county of the offense of obstructing a public highway, described in the information as follows:

"The section line highway running east and west between sections 5 and 8, in township 18, north of range 22, West Indian meridian, in Ellis county, state of Oklahoma, at a point at and near the point where the half section line running north and south across said section crosses said section line highway," etc.

A trial was had before the court, and punishment assessed at a fine of $5 and the costs of the prosecution. From said judgment of conviction an appeal has been taken to this court.