Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma, 1911

Dalton v. State

Dalton v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · Decided June 6, 1911 · PER CURIAM.
116 P. 956; 6 Okla. Crim. 605; 1911 OK CR 351; 1911 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 313

Dalton v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Bill Dalton, plaintiff in error, was informed against, tried and convicted of the crime of having unlawfully in his possession intoxicating liquors with the intention of selling the same. Trial was had before a jury composed of six men. He was found guilty and on October 30th, 1909, was sentenced to serve a term of sixty days and pay a fine of two hundred dollars. In his motion for a new trial he alleges that the court erred in submitting said cause to a jury of six persons instead of empaneling a jury of twelve as provided by the Constitution. The question presented in this case has been passed upon in the case of William Dalton v. State, infra. For the reasons given in the opinion in that ease, the judgment is reversed, and the cause remanded, with direction to grant a new trial.

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