Case Name: M. V. McDaniels v. United States
Court: Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1909-08-30
Citations: 2 Okla. Crim. 587
Docket Number: No. 687
Parties: M. V. McDaniels v. United States.
Judges: 
Reporter: Oklahoma Criminal Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 587–588

Head Matter:
M. V. McDaniels v. United States.
No. 687
Ind. T.
Opinion Filed August 30, 1909.
(103 Pac. 737.)
APPEAL — Jurisdiction of Appellate Court. The Criminal Court has no appellate jurisdiction to review on appeal a conviction for the crime of introducing intoxicating liquors into the Indian Territory-before statehood.
(Syllabus by the Court.)
Error from the United States Court for the. Northern District of the Indian Territoryj William E. Lawrence, Judge.
M. V. McDaniels was convicted of introducing intoxicating liquor into the Indian Territory, and appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for .the Indian Territory, whence the cause was transferred 'to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, and from, thence to the Criminal Court of Appeals.
Dismissed.
Preston S. Davis, for appellant.
P. L. Soper, U. S. Dist. Atty.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
M. Y. McDaniels was tried and convicted in the United States Court of the Northern District of the Indian Territorj1- for the crime of introducing intoxicating liquors into the Indian Territory, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $5 and be imprisoned for 30 days in the federal jail. He appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for .the Indian Territory, where said cause was pending when Oklahoma was admitted as a state. The cause was then transferred to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, and was by the Supreme Court transferred to the Criminal Court of Appeals.
The original and appellate jurisdiction vested in the United States courts for this class of offenses is exclusive of the state courts. The Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma had no ap pellate jurisdiction of tbe offense for which appellant was con-vieted.
We therefore order that said cause be stricken from the docket.