People v. . Dixon
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Bronx County Court, rendered May 26, 1920, upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of murder in the first degree.
1Opinion of the Court
Pound, J.:
On November 16, 1918, in the afternoon, the dead body of a young colored girl, Margaret Hooper, also known as Margaret Morton and Margaret Dixon, was found in Franz Siegel Park in Bronx county. It lay between two hills of rock. The girl had been strangled to death. Six strands of cord were tied tightly around her neck. The hands were tied behind the back with corset strings. The body lay face downwards. The assistant medical examiner was immediately summoned. He found a rock as big as one’s fist resting upon her head. Photographs at once taken of the body show this piece of rock. A…
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