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Osborne v. State

Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma
May 8, 1912
7 Okla. Crim. 725 (Okla. Crim. App. 1912)

Summary

observing that "each and every clause in a written [c]onstitution has been inserted for some useful purpose" and "whenever it is possible to do so, each provision must be construed so that it shall harmonize with all others without distorting the meaning of any of such provisions"

Summary of this case from Burns v. Ariz. Pub. Serv. Co.

Opinion

No. A-1204.

Opinion Filed May 8, 1912.

Appeal from Love County Court; R.A. Keller, Judge.

Chas. Osborne was convicted of violating the prohibitory law, and appeals. Affirmed.

Eddleman Graham, for plaintiff in error.

Smith C. Matson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


Plaintiff in error was tried and convicted at the April, 1911, term of the county court of Love county on a charge of selling intoxicating liquor, and his punishment fixed at a fine of fifty dollars and confinement in the county jail for a period of thirty days. The appeal was filed in this court on the 17th day of July, 1911. No briefs have been filed and no appearance made for oral argument. The Attorney General has interposed a motion to affirm for want of prosecution under rule 4. The motion is sustained, and the judgment of the trial court affirmed.


Summaries of

Osborne v. State

Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma
May 8, 1912
7 Okla. Crim. 725 (Okla. Crim. App. 1912)

observing that "each and every clause in a written [c]onstitution has been inserted for some useful purpose" and "whenever it is possible to do so, each provision must be construed so that it shall harmonize with all others without distorting the meaning of any of such provisions"

Summary of this case from Burns v. Ariz. Pub. Serv. Co.

stating that the rule of constitutional construction that each clause should be given meaning exists "so that intent of the framers may be ascertained and carried out"

Summary of this case from State v. Mixton
Case details for

Osborne v. State

Case Details

Full title:CHAS. OSBORNE v. STATE

Court:Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma

Date published: May 8, 1912

Citations

7 Okla. Crim. 725 (Okla. Crim. App. 1912)
123 P. 1181

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