Harris v State

Harris v State
1919 OK CR 212
181 P. 944
16 Okl.Cr. 688
Decided: 06/30/1919
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

Appeal from County Court, Tulsa County; H.L. Standeven, Judge.

J.M. Harris and Carl Burton were each convicted of the crime of unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor, and appeal. Affirmed.

Ed Crossland, for plaintiffs in error.

S.P. Freeling, Atty. Gen., for the State.

PER CURIAM. This is an appeal from the county court of Tulsa county, wherein the defendants, J.M. Harris and Carl Burton, were jointly tried and convicted of the crime of unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor; the said Burton being sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and to serve 30 days' imprisonment in the county jail, and the said Harris to pay a fine of $200 and to serve 30 days' imprisonment in the county jail. This cause has been pending in this court since the 16th day of August, 1917. No brief has been filed and no appearance was made at the date this cause was submitted by counsel representing the defendants to orally argue the same.

Rule 9 of this court provides:

"When no counsel appears, and no briefs are filed, the court will examine the pleadings, the instructions of the court, and the exceptions taken thereto, and the judgment and sentence, and if no prejudicial error appears, will affirm the judgment."

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