W. M. Bickel's Testimony for State
Judge Bickel was called and sworn in as the State's witness after Carrie Oakes' testimony in the murder trial of N. L. Miller.
Direct-examination by Mr. Vigg
We find out that Judge Bickel lived in Alva and held the official position in Woods County, Oklahoma as County Judge. Judge Bickel had been acquainted with the defendant Miller for about ten years. Bickel was asked by Mr. Vigg for the prosecution, if he had ever had a conversation with the defendant in which he spoke to something about his having studied medicine?
Mr. Swindall for the defense objected to that question as incompetent, irrelevant and immaterial, that Miller is not on trial for studying medicine.
But... the Court Overruled the objection.
Bickel testified, "He told me that when he was a young man, he had studied medicine sufficient to have been admitted to practice, had he pursued that line."
As to the occasion of Miller telling Bickel that... they had gone up northwest, to hold an inquest. Miller was acting as coroner and Bickel was deputy County Attorney at that time and they wanted the services of a doctor to examine the corpse and look at the wounds and the extent of them. It was a long distance to a doctor and it was around twelve o'clock at night. Bickel testified that Miller suggested that he could probe the wounds and at that time Miller said he had had that experience. Bickel testified also, that Miller had manufactured a probe.
Mr. Swindall objected to that as incompetent, irrelevant and immaterial.
Mr. Vigg with drew the question.
Mr. Wilson asked that the testimony of Judge Bickel be withdrawn from the consideration of the jury as incompetent, irrelevant and immaterial.
The Court overruled the request and the defendant then and there duly excepted at the time.
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