[Download] "Randolph v. Chief Harry Parker" by United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Randolph v. Chief Harry Parker
- Author : United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit
- Release Date : January 19, 1978
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 66 KB
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EDWARDS, Circuit Judge This appeal involves a sequence of events which have the flavor of the old West before the law ever crossed the Pecos. The difference is that here there are no heroes and here there was a trial. In July of 1970 a Las Vegas gambler named William Douglas came to Memphis with dob1 and gun and an assumed name. Using the services of a runner with the improbable name of Woppy Gaddy, who had been promised a cut of the take, Douglas was introduced to Robert Wood, a sometime Memphis gambler. In three evenings of gambling with cards marked by Douglas, Wood was relieved of $5,000. He was also filled with suspicion and plans for recoupment. A fourth encounter of a similar kind left Douglas dead on the floor from a pistol shot fired by Robert Wood, and Robert Wood in possession of some of the money he had lost. In the long denouement, it also resulted in life sentences for murder for Robert Wood, Joe Wood, his brother, and three other Memphis men who are the subjects of this appeal.