McHenry v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. John McHenry was convicted of murder, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
S'MYTPI, Chief Justice.
The defendant was indicted for the murder of a police officer who was attempting to arrest him for a homicide which had been committed about an hour before. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced to-be executed. Complaining of the trial court, defendant makes 12 assignments of error, but groups them in argument under five heads. We shall deal with each group separately.
The first relates to the refusal by the court of defendant’s request to confine the jury during, the trial, and to its action in overruling a motion made by the defendant to withdraw a juror because of a…
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