Bradley v. State

BARRETT, Commissioner.

In 1956 there were pending against James Z. Bradley two unrelated charges of first degree robbery and one charge of murder in the first degree. The murder charge arose from the fact that in holding up and robbing Peter Chip and his tavern at 1544 North Ninth Street, Bradley and Crews shot Patrolman Thomas Mulrooney who died nine days later. In brief the circumstances were that about six o’clock on the morning of March 16, 1956, Bradley and Crews, armed with a sawed-off shotgun, held up Peter Chip and his early morning patrons saying: “You big sonofabitch, I will give you…