Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit August 12, 1949, No. 12013 (Barsock v. United States)

DENMAN, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction for first degree murder of one Howard Everett Jepson, pursuant to which a sentence of life imprisonment was imposed ■ upon appellant. The indictment charged the murder to have occurred. on the United States Naval Station Terminal Island in the Southern District of California, and hence the cause is within federal jurisdiction.