WATSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 12107.

166 F.2d 1018 (1948)

WATSON v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 1, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. C. Dressler, of Miami, Fla., and John G. Sawyer, of Key West, Fla., for appellant.

Herbert S. Phillips, U. S. Atty., of Tampa, Fla., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, WALLER, and LEE, Circuit Judges.


WALLER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was tried and convicted on October 4, 1946, in Key West, Florida, of murder in the first degree. A new trial was granted which resulted in a second conviction on August 7, 1947, of the same offense, and on August 21, 1947, he was consequently sentenced to death.

No salutary purpose will be served by setting out the shocking details of the crime and its vile motive. Suffice it to say...

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