COPELAND v. UNITED STATES

No. 4133.

2 F.2d 637 (1924)

COPELAND v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.

Decided November 3, 1924.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. L. Gaskins and R. A. Hughes, both of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Peyton Gordon and J. H. Burnett, both of Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, ROBB, Associate Justice, and SMITH, Judge of the United States Court of Customs Appeals.


MARTIN, Chief Justice.

The appellant, Herman L. Copeland, was indicted, convicted, and sentenced upon a charge of murder in the first degree, for the killing of one David T. Dunigan on May 21, 1918, in the District of Columbia. He prays for a reversal.

The testimony taken at the trial is presented by a bill of exceptions and tends to prove the following facts, to wit:

That the defendant and his wife resided in a house on I street in the city of Washington...

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