CREWS v. UNITED STATES

No. 11796.

160 F.2d 746 (1947)

CREWS v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 1, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Cook Howell, of Jacksonville, Fla., for appellant.

Herbert S. Phillips, U. S. Atty., of Tampa, Fla., Fred G. Folsom, Atty., Dept. of Justice, of Washington, D. C., and Fred S. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, WALLER, and LEE, Circuit Judges.


WALLER, Circuit Judge.

The beautiful Suwannee River — the mention of which calls to memory a plaintive melody of strumming banjos, humming bees, childhood's playful hours, a hut among the bushes, and a longing to go back to the place where the old folks stay — was the scene of the cruel and revolting crime that provoked the gesture of dealing out justice that is this case.

The defendant, although guilty of a cruel and inexcusable homicide, was...

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