DICKERSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 5861.

65 F.2d 824 (1933)

DICKERSON v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.

Decided May 29, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cedric F. Johnson, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., and William H. Collins and John J. Sirica, Asst. U. S. Attys., all of Washington, D. C.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB, HITZ, and GRONER, Associate Justices.


ROBB, Associate Justice.

Appellant, Dickerson (known as Wimbley, which appellation we shall adopt herein), and John M. Crowder, were jointly indicted for the murder by drowning of appellant's wife, Elizabeth Wimbley, on September 17, 1931, and were convicted of murder in the second degree. Crowder did not appeal.

Wimbley and the deceased were married in September 1930. Mrs. Wimbley was a widow and had an infant child, the offspring of her former marriage...

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