Murray v. United States

BARBER, Acting Associate Justice.

This is an appeal brought by the defendant below to reverse a judgment and sentence of 10 years imposed upon him following a verdict of guilty of manslaughter. The indictment is in two counts. The first in substance charges that the defendant on the 15th day of October, 1921, feloniously, willfully, and violently made an assault upon his wife, Estelle Murray, and that in making it he feloniously, willfully, and violently knocked her down, and in so doing gave her a violent mortal blow which caused her death. The second also charges a felonious and willful…