RUNNELS v. UNITED STATES.

No. 10370.

138 F.2d 346 (1943)

RUNNELS v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

October 21, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen Spratlin, of Grand Coulee, Wash., and Joseph Wicks, of Okanogan, Wash., for appellant.

Wendell Berge, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Edward M. Connelly, U. S. Atty., and Harvey Erickson, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Spokane, Wash., for appellee.

Before GARRECHT, STEPHENS, and HEALY, Circuit Judges.


HEALY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, a half-breed Indian ward of the United States, was convicted in the federal court for the eastern district of Washington of the murder of one Burns, a white man, and was sentenced to be hanged. From the judgment of conviction he appeals.

Prior to the trial appellant made certain incriminating admissions in response to questions put to him while under arrest, and his statements were transcribed from stenographic notes taken...

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