MONROE v. UNITED STATES

No. 4334.

10 F.2d 645 (1925)

MONROE v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.

Decided December 7, 1925.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. E. Lynch and T. M. Wampler, both of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Peyton Gordon and J. J. O'Leary, both of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB and VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justices.


VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.

Appellant Monroe was indicted for the murder of a policeman, John W. Purcell. He was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to imprisonment for the period of thirty years. From the judgment this appeal is prosecuted.

With defendant, three codefendants, Ernest August Brown, William Ludley, and Joseph P. Slaughter, were indicted. The indictment was in ten counts. The first five counts charged the defendants with...

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