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OVERTON v. OKLAHOMA

No. 40.

235 U.S. 31 (1914)

35 S.Ct. 14

59 L.Ed. 112

OVERTON v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 9, 1914.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles B. Stuart and Mr. A.C. Cruce for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Charles West, Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma, for defendant in error.

Memorandum opinion by direction of the court, by MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE.

The verdict and sentence were on an indictment for illegally moving liquor (§ 4180, Snyder's Compiled Laws of Oklahoma, 1909). The defense was that the movement was to complete an interstate shipment from Missouri. The court instructed that the statute did not apply to such a shipment and hence if the movement was as asserted, there must be an acquittal. Under this situation the contention...

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