The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-10
TECHNICAL
POINTS NOT
IN FAVOR
Criminal Court Of Appeals Not
Hunting Tor Excuses TO Set
ASIDE VeTdIcts

ia affirming the conviction Of gl;ck
Z SamSif, sentenced 10 four wears im-
Z EisoAmeat Cor EilliRg James Fitz
Z Miriek at dance near Porry two
years ago, the criiniaa conrs of aps
A reals, ia an aninson hy PRESIDING
ad%e EMrman makas another strong
A 8Ntciafalion against reversals on tech.
uicaiities
4 The killing followed free-foT-all
tight with Lampkin ana his brother.
Lncias, on one side and Fitxpatrick
Sra his brother, John. on the other
ana most Of the dancers taking sides
with one party or the other. The
ooNTt holds that Lnmpkin's guilt was
clearly established. ana SAYS
ihls court Is not hunting for ey.
gwses TO set aside verdicts of iaries
and Judgments Of the courts ana
thereby turn guilty men loose. u
il is waste Of time for ATTORNEYS
70 appeal a case TO this court and
AsS for reversal on the fDsts un
less there Is absolutely NO evidence
"a the case appealed from which a
lagy could lagitimafely draw tee con.
clnsioa Of the guilt OF the defendant.
The case Oh Oscar Paris. sentenced
70 one year In prison and fined Slen
ser HanSlanghter. is reversed in an
opinion By Judge Doyle, because the
sTste Wss allowed TO impeach one oi
its own witnesses. whose testimony
rcipea OUT Paris claim OF selfdn.
Tense. PARIS killed J. M. Mcrarly
stuth NJ Maaiil GA April 4, 1905
IA the case Of Allison Jones. con.
T.cted Of gambling ID Canadian coun.
~ the court issued an order abatlng
prosecution because OF Jones death. /
he was killed by Shep Thomas, alIasl
y " Clay who was captured recent. 4
Is in Mississippi and brought back TO
stand trial
The case Of Ell Musiek. under lifeg
sentence Id Coal county, was dismiss
e3 because Y was not filed til time \
Musick beat Edward Mclaughlin tnl
death VITA a seer bottle at Coalgata
on July :, 1863 The habeas corpus
cases filed by Dock Black and Lefty
black, negroes. charged with compl I
CITY IN the murder al Deputy Sheriff.
Frank Hatcher at a picnic near Ada
n August. 1909, we're dismissed for
wsnt Of prosecution.
The life sentence imposed upon
Forrest Ceeil Mingle for the murder
.c! Mrs Pearl Pearson in Oklahoma
Cty on September fG. 1908, was az L
iiFmed-
Other cases decided by the court,
nere: CLANCY Rhodes. Jefferson
coautg liquor, rehearing denied /
Charles Stuart, Jefferson county. lid
non. rebearlug denied Andy AndaF.
son. Jefferson county. liquor, rehear-
ing allowed Noodle s AT Iefger.
On county liquor, Teheas..g allowed
Tom Owens, Musk0gee county liquor.
feyereed and femanded Bus Cation.
Murray cnunlT, liaupr, dismissed f.
Muslcs Coal county murder. dss-l
missed James Arlington. Dewey
county, 4anor, dismissed, Bon Ward.
&aakogee county liru0r. reversed
ard remIaMaRa William X Delehant
ANshogee county, liquor reversed
ana remanded l0e Landers, punto.
Toe county iiauer. dismissed- Bea
krehs, Pontotoc county liquor. dis
AlESeas JACK Lawson, NaBaa8allE
county lianor. dismissed Paul Pfal
&uskogee eoaAty liquor. reversed
sg& remanaed John Nelson. 0kmni-
GEE county. llauor, dismissed Tom
Hcrndon, 0kmulgea county, IiauoY.
affirmed. Oscar Paris vs.. unitea
states. Marshall county, manslaughg-
er affirmed Byhnton Williams, Mc-j
Iartain county assault proceedings
alisted Charles CHATTER and Lewis
Green. liaH0g Logan county, revers'
ed sad Femaaded Click Lumtkin.
Noble COUNTY. BlaasiaugAter affirmed
Iim Bowea Oklahoma county, lianeg,l
reversed Archibald Clark Dklah0
ma e0antY. liaA0f. reversed q ri
Lgche, Alfalfa county. liquor. aifirm.l
I'd Allison Jones. Canadian coauty
prosecution aba,ed. Ii
iioagp P0HfDtoe county. p0.nlng
weapon reversed and geganded. f.es
~ BIaek and Doc Black, habeas cor
pas dismissed Fawa Manuel. Wag.
0ner county dismissed, and Georgel
M Ferlnar, Canadian county, liquor.
dismissed