Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma, 1931

Ambercrombie v. State

Ambercrombie v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · Decided October 24, 1931 · PER CURIAM.
4 P.2d 1118; 52 Okla. Crim. 243; 1931 OK CR 467; 1931 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 466 (Pacific Reporter, Second Series)

Ambercrombie v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff in error was convicted in the county court of Woodward county of the crime of unlawful transportation of intoxicating liquor, and his punishment fixed by the jury at a fine of $50 and imprisonment in the county jail for 30 days.

This case is reversed because there is no competent evidence in the record tending to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense; but, on the contrary, the evidence of the state is that the defendant not only did not own and was not driving the automobile in which the liquor was found, but also that he did not own the liquor nor possess it, and had no knowledge that the liquor was in the car or was being transported by Bessie Myers, the driver.

The cause is therefore reversed.

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