Evans v State

Evans v State
1931 OK CR 73
296 P. 1115
50 Okl.Cr. 55
Decided: 02/07/1931
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

Appeal from County Court, Greer County; Jarrett Todd, Judge.

I.S. Evans was convicted of selling whisky, and appeals. Affirmed.

B.F. Van Dyke, for plaintiff in error.

J. Berry King, Atty. Gen., for the State.

PER CURIAM. The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the county court of Greer county on a charge of selling whisky, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and to serve 30 days in the county jail.

The testimony for the state is that at the time charged defendant delivered to one Irene Hill a half gallon of whisky for the purpose of her delivering the same to one McCarter. She was apprehended by a deputy sheriff who seized the whisky. Complaint is made that the court too closely restricted the cross-examination of the witness Irene Hill in not permitting the defense to show her interest in the case. There is some merit to the contention, but upon the whole record the guilt of defendant is so apparent that this error does not require a reversal. It is also insisted that the giving of an instruction on alibi was

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