SHAW v. STATE

No. A-12345.

303 P.2d 986 (1956)

Howard SHAW, Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE of Oklahoma, Defendant in Error.

Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma.

November 14, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Githen B. Rhoads, David J. Aubrey, Lawton, for plaintiff in error.

Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., Sam H. Lattimore, Lewis A. Wallace, Asst. Attys. Gen., for defendant in error.


JONES, Presiding Judge.

Howard Shaw was charged by an information filed in the District Court of Comanche County with the crime of maintaining a public nuisance by being the manager of a place where certain gambling games, to-wit: dice, were opened, conducted and carried on; was tried, convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of $4,000 and has appealed.

Two questions are presented by the appeal: First. Did the court err in overruling the demurrer to the information...

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