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KEMP v. GOVERNMENT OF CANAL ZONE

No. 12134.

167 F.2d 938 (1948)

KEMP v. GOVERNMENT OF CANAL ZONE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 15, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thos. D. McBride and John Patrick Walsh, both of Philadelphia, Pa., and Woodrow de Castro and J. J. McGuigan, both of Ancon, Canal Zone, for appellant.

Daniel E. McGrath, U. S. Atty., of Ancon, Canal Zone, for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, McCORD, and LEE, Circuit Judges.

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

Edward Kemp was found guilty on June 20, 1947, of first degree murder of Thomas R. Mora by stabbing him with a knife on May 10, 1947, on shipboard in the Canal Zone; motions to hear evidence in mitigation of sentence and for new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled; and he was sentenced to be hanged. On this appeal, as in his preliminary hearing and in the trial in the District Court of the Canal Zone, able and experienced counsel...

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