Wagner v State

Wagner v State
1920 OK CR 33
187 P. 252
17 Okl.Cr. 705
Decided: 02/16/1920
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

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

Billy Wagner was convicted of a violation of the prohibitory liquor law, and he appeals. Affirmed.

D.M. Martindall, for plaintiff in error.

W.C. Hall, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

PER CURIAM. Plaintiff in error, Billy Wagner, and Billy Miles, were jointly charged with the possession of one pint of whisky with intent to sell same. Before the trial the case was dismissed as to Billy Miles. Upon his trial plaintiff in error was convicted and his punishment fixed at confinement in the county jail for 30 days and a fine of $50. He has appealed from the judgment rendered on the verdict but there has been no appearance in his behalf on his appeal.

The evidence shows that two peace officers in the city of Tulsa phoned to the defendants an order for a pint of whisky, with direction

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