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Hampton v. State

Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma
Feb 27, 1926
243 P. 1118 (Okla. Crim. App. 1926)

Opinion

No. A-5439.

Opinion Filed February 27, 1926.

Appeal from Municipal Criminal Court of Tulsa; G.E. Warren, Judge.

R.L. Hampton was convicted of transporting intoxicating liquor, and he appeals. Modified and affirmed.

Bicking Wilson, for plaintiff in error.

S.J. Clendenning, Asst. City Atty., for the State.


Plaintiff in error was found guilty of the illegal transportation of whisky, with his punishment assessed at confinement in jail for 90 days and to pay a fine of $50. Plaintiff in error is a common laborer, 60 years of age, and recently in ill health. Being unable to earn money by means of manual labor, he sought to replenish his depleted funds by the alluring profits he expected to obtain from the transportation of whisky. He was old enough to know better, but since this is a first offense, and hoping that this prosecution has convinced him that the whisky business is not really attractive, the judgment of the trial court will be modified to a fine of $50 and confinement in jail for a period of 30 days. The judgment, as so modified, is affirmed.

DOYLE and EDWARDS, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Hampton v. State

Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma
Feb 27, 1926
243 P. 1118 (Okla. Crim. App. 1926)
Case details for

Hampton v. State

Case Details

Full title:R.L. HAMPTON v. STATE

Court:Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma

Date published: Feb 27, 1926

Citations

243 P. 1118 (Okla. Crim. App. 1926)
243 P. 1118