DUFFY, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court dismissing Staples' petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The District Court's findings of fact, conclusions of law and opinion appear at
About 11:30 p. m. on the evening of October 11, 1942, Staples' wife was killed, death resulting from blows from an axe. About 7:30 a. m., October 12, East St. Louis police officers arrested...
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