Case Name: PIERCE v. STATE
Court: Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1953-12-30
Citations: 265 P.2d 737
Docket Number: No. A-11885
Parties: PIERCE v. STATE.
Judges: JONES and BRETT, JJ., concur. .
Reporter: Pacific Reporter 2d
Volume: 265
Pages: 737–737

Head Matter:
PIERCE v. STATE.
No. A-11885.
Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma.
Dec. 30, 1953.
Geb. Fredricks & Moriarty, Ponca City, for plaintiff in error.
Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., Sam H. Lattimore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ned Looney, County Atty., Kay County, Ponca City, for defendant in error.

Opinion:
POWELL, Presiding Judge.
Priscilla Pierce was charged in the county court of Kay County with the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor, with the intent to sell the same. The jury found her guilty and fixed the penalty at,a fine of $200, and thirty days' imprisonment in the county, jail.
, Counsel for the accused have long been in, default for , a brief, and no one appeared to represent the defendant when the case was set down for oral argument.
We have carefully examined the record. The evidence by the officers is overwhelming that the liquor found in the accused's bedroom belonged to her by her own admissions. This appears to have been her first offense. The accused testified and denied owning the liquor. There was some evidence that the husband had left the accused and her three minor children,' though there was no divorce.
We have decided that justice would best be served by reason of the evidence as a whole, by reducing the fine from $200 to $100, and the verdict and judgment as thus reduced to a fine of $100 and thirty days' imprisonment in the county jail is affirmed. ,
JONES and BRETT, JJ., concur. .