UNITED STATES v. WILSON

Crim. No. 316-59.

178 F.Supp. 881 (1959)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Frank B. WILSON, Defendant.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

December 4, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Joel D. Blackwell, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Arthur W. Jackson and James A. Cobb, Washington, D. C., for defendant.


HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

The defendant Frank B. Wilson was convicted of murder in the first degree and moves for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was contrary to the weight of the evidence.

The indictment charged that on or about February 20, 1959, Frank B. Wilson purposely and with deliberate and premeditated malice murdered Florence E. Smith by means of shooting her with a pistol. It might be said that the considerable interval that elapsed between...

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