Morris v. United States

Appellant was convicted in the Supreme Court of the District of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to death. The fact of the killing was not denied, the defense being that appellant was so intoxicated he was not conscious of what he was doing and thereafter had no recollection of the homicide. The evidence for the government was substantially as follows:

For some time prior to June 30,1930, appellant and the deceased, Maggie Landon, lived together in Washington as man and wife. Appellant was arrested for a minor offense and sent to Oecoquan for a short term. He was released four or five…