BISHOP v. UNITED STATES

No. 7288.

107 F.2d 297 (1939)

BISHOP v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided October 23, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross O'Donoghue, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

David A. Pine, U. S. Atty., and Cecil R. Heflin, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and EDGERTON and VINSON, Associate Justices.


VINSON, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree. Several persons testified before the jury that they had seen appellant beat his wife to death with a hammer in Pension Park in the city of Washington. It would serve no useful purpose to comment upon the evidence, which fully supported the verdict of the jury.

Appellant urges that the court erred: (1) in refusing certain prayers offered by him, (2) in its charge that...

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