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Cunningham v. State

Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma
Nov 12, 1920
192 P. 1104 (Okla. Crim. App. 1920)

Opinion

No. A-3556.

Opinion Filed November 12, 1920.

Appeal from County Court, Wagoner County; W.B. Moss, Judge.

Clinton Cunningham was convicted of violating the prohibitory liquor law, and he appeals. Affirmed.

C.E. Castle, for plaintiff in error.

S.P. Freeling, Atty. Gen., and W.C. Hall and E.L. Fulton, Asst. Attys. Gen., for the State.


The plaintiff in error was tried and convicted on a charge that he did unlawfully have possession of intoxicating liquor, to wit, 6 gallons of Choc, with the intention of selling the same, and his punishment fixed at 30 days in jail and a $50 fine. From the judgment rendered on the verdict he appeals.

The assignments of error question the sufficiency of the information to charge an offense and the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict. We think the information is sufficient.

The evidence for the state shows that the sheriff of Wagoner county raided the house of the defendant, and discovered a 16-gallon keg of Choc beer; that he tasted it; that it was fermented and very strong, and that it was intoxicating; that he had drunk Budweiser, Blue Ribbon, and other kinds of beer, and that this Choc beer was about three times as strong; that Choc was made of hops, meal, and sugar fermented. The testimony of three or four other witnesses for the state was, in substance, the same. A witness for the defendant testified that he had drunk some of this Choc beer, and that the same was not intoxicating. The defendant did not testify. In our opinion the evidence was sufficient to sustain the verdict.

Finding nothing in the record to indicate the defendant did not have a fair trial, the judgment herein is affirmed.


Summaries of

Cunningham v. State

Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma
Nov 12, 1920
192 P. 1104 (Okla. Crim. App. 1920)
Case details for

Cunningham v. State

Case Details

Full title:CLINTON CUNNINGHAM v. STATE

Court:Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma

Date published: Nov 12, 1920

Citations

192 P. 1104 (Okla. Crim. App. 1920)
192 P. 1104

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