ATWELL, District Judge.
The three defendants are indicted separately in the state court for murder. Smith and Heaton were, at the time of the act complained of, national prohibition agents. Hoard was working for them as an informer. Such employment was within the authority of the agents.
In attempting to make an arrest of one Cox, a shooting resulted in which one McGlothlin was killed. The state contends that the killing was unjustifiable. The defendants maintain...
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