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HOWARD v. UNITED STATES

No. 4688.

26 F.2d 551 (1928)

HOWARD v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.

Decided May 7, 1928.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abner Siegal, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Peyton Gordon and J. W. Fihelly, both of Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Before ROBB and VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justices and SMITH, Judge of United States Court of Customs Appeals.

ROBB, Associate Justice.

Appellant was convicted in the Supreme Court of the District of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to death by electrocution.

The evidence indicated that for several years he had sustained meretricious relations with Jessie Nelson, the woman he killed. About two weeks prior to the murder he had threatened to shoot her; and on another occasion, about a week before the shooting, he again threatened to kill her. On the night of...

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