Case Name: SWANIE FITZGERALD v. STATE
Court: Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1943-10-13
Citations: 77 Okla. Crim. 409
Docket Number: No. A-10203
Parties: SWANIE FITZGERALD v. STATE.
Judges: BAREFOOT, J., concurs. DOYLE, J., absent.
Reporter: Oklahoma Criminal Reports
Volume: 77
Pages: 409–410

Head Matter:
SWANIE FITZGERALD v. STATE.
No. A-10203.
Oct. 13, 1943.
(142 P. 2d 131.)
See, also, 75 Okla. Cr. 192, 129 P. 2d 867.
Zink & Cunningham, of Hobart, for plaintiff in error.
Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.

Opinion:
JONES, P. J.
Tbe defendant, Swanie Fitzgerald, was charged by information in the county court of Kiowa county with the crime of unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor, was tried, convicted and sentenced to serve 30 days in the county jail and to' pay a fine of $50.
This case was assigned for oral argument and submission on July 17, 1942. No' brief has been filed in this case and no appearance on behalf of the defendant made at the time said cause was set for hearing.
Where the defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction, and neither any brief is filed nor appearance for oral argument made, we do not consider it the duty of this court to go into a careful examination of the evidence to determine Avhether or not the trial court erred in the admission or rejection of testimony. This court will examine the record for jurisdictional errors. If no fundamental error appears, the judgment will be affirmed.
We have examined the record and find that the information is sufficient to charge the offense of unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor. Two officers of Kiowa county, armed with a search warrant, made a search of defendant's premises. They found three pints and five half pints of whisky in a stew pan suspended by a rope in the well of the defendant. No evidence was offered on behalf of defendant. The instructions appear to be applicable to the law and facts. On the record before us we have discovered no error which Avould warrant a reversal of the judgment of conviction and it appears that defendant was accorded a fair and impartial trial.
The judgment of the county court of Kiowa county •is accordingly affirmed.
BAREFOOT, J., concurs. DOYLE, J., absent.