Faulk v State

Faulk v State
1927 OK CR 336
260 P. 788
38 Okl.Cr. 299
Decided: 11/04/1927
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

(Syllabus.)

Venue Neccesity for Proof of Venue.

Appeal from County Court, Oklahoma County; C.C. Christison, Judge.

Guy Faulk was convicted of selling whisky, and he appeals. Reversed and remanded.

Wright & Gill, for plaintiff in error.

Edwin Dabney, Atty. Gen., for the State.

PER CURIAM. The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the county court of Oklahoma county on a charge of selling whisky, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $50, and to be confined in the county jail for a period of six months.

The evidence is that two deputies of the sheriff's office went to the residence of defendant, and one of them waited outside while the other bought a half gallon of whisky. The defendant offered no testimony. The defendant

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