Powell v State

Powell v State
1920 OK CR 114
194 P. 262
18 Okl.Cr. 714
Decided: 05/29/1920
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

Appeal from District Court, Tulsa County; N.E. McNeill, Judge.

Bob Powell was convicted in the district court of Tulsa county of a violation of the prohibitory liquor laws, second offense, and he appeals. Affirmed.

Jno. J. Sykes, for plaintiff in error.

S.P. Freeling, Atty. Gen., and W.C. Hall, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

PER CURIAM. Bob Powell was convicted on the 22d day of December, 1917, in the district court of Tulsa county, of a second violation of the prohibitory liquor laws of the state of Oklahoma, and sentenced to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of two years and to pay a fine of $500. From this judgment he has appealed to this court.

The petition in error and case-made were filed in this court on the 20th day of June, 1918. No brief has been filed in behalf of plaintiff in error, neither was any appearance made to orally argue the cause at the time of its submission on the 5th day of May, 1920.

Rule 9 of this court (12 Okla. Cr. viii, 165 Pac. x) 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."