BELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 5286.

47 F.2d 438 (1931)

BELL v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.

Decided February 2, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. R. Kelly, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Leo A. Rover and James F. Hughes, both of Washington, D. C., for the United States.

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


MARTIN, Chief Justice.

The appellant, Cardoza Bell, defendant below, was indicted and tried for murder in the first degree, charged with unlawfully killing one Alice Metz. He was found guilty as indicted, and was sentenced to death. He has appealed from that judgment.

The present record contains the testimony introduced at the trial, and in order to pass upon the assignments of error it is necessary to set out the salient facts thereby disclosed.

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