Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma, 1911

Nelson v. State

Nelson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · Decided November 24, 1911 · PER CURIAM.
118 P. 1112; 6 Okla. Crim. 688; 1911 OK CR 514; 1911 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 493

Nelson v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff in error was convicted in the superior court of Muskogee county at the January, 1910, term, on a charge of having the possession of intoxicating liquor for the unlawful purpos'e of selling the same, and his punishment fixed at a fine of two hundred dollars and imprisonment in the county jail for a period of sixty days. The record shows that this ease was tried by a jury composed of six men. Following the rule laid down in the case of Tillie Hill v. State, 3 Okla. Cr. 686, 109 Pac. 291, the judgment is reversed and the cause remanded with directions to grant a new trial.

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