FRANK v. UNITED STATES

No. 6065.

42 F.2d 623 (1930)

FRANK v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

July 7, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Lyons and Ira D. Orton, both of Seattle, Wash., and O. D. Cochran and Hugh O'Neill, both of Nome, Alaska, for appellant.

J. H. Hart, U. S. Atty., of Nome, Alaska, for the United States.

Before RUDKIN, DIETRICH, and WILBUR, Circuit Judges.


WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

The appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals from that judgment and relies upon certain errors occurring during the trial, but admits that the evidence was sufficient to sustain the verdict.

It is conceded that the defendant killed Joseph William Sparrow at 2 a. m., December 4, 1928, at Nome, Alaska. The defendant claims that the homicide was in necessary self-defense. It appears...

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