Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma, 1919

Godfrey v. State

Godfrey v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · Decided July 9, 1919 · PER CURIAM.
182 P. 251; 16 Okla. Crim. 690; 1919 OK CR 216; 1919 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 198

Godfrey v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff in error, Henry Godfrey, was convicted on an information charging that he did keep a place in the city of Guthrie with the felonious intent to sell intoxicating liquors, and on the 26th day of November, 1918, he was sentenced to be imprisoned in the penitentiary for the term of two years and to pay a fine of $250. To reverse the judgment an appeal was duly perfected.

In the case of Proctor v. State, 15 Okla. Cr. 338, 176 Pac. 771, the statute upon which the prosecution in this case was based was held *691 unconstitutional and void. For tlie reasons stated in the opinion in the Proctor Case, the judgment is reversed.

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