Opinion
No. A-2327.
Opinion Filed January 13, 1919.
APPEAL AND ERROR — Dismissal of Appeal — Pardon. When an appeal from a judgment of conviction is pending in this court, and the plaintiff in error applies for a pardon, and the same is granted, and the fact that a pardon has been granted is brought to the attention of this court, the appeal will be dismissed as having been abandoned.
Appeal from District Court, Oklahoma County; Geo. W. Clark, Judge.
Fred Cameron was convicted of keeping a place with the intention and for the purpose of selling intoxicating liquors, and he appeals. Appeal dismissed.
McAdams Haskell, for plaintiff in error.
R. McMillan, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
Fred Cameron was convicted of keeping a place with the intention and purpose of selling intoxicating liquors, and was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a period of one year and to pay a fine of $500. To reverse the judgment an appeal was perfected. Pending the determination of said appeal, the plaintiff in error was granted a pardon.
When an appeal from a judgment of conviction is pending in this court, and the plaintiff in error applies for a pardon, and the same is granted, and the fact that a pardon has been granted is brought to the attention of this court, the appeal will be dismissed as having been abandoned.
The appeal herein is therefore dismissed.