CLAWANS v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 6601.

84 F.2d 265 (1936)

CLAWANS v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided May 11, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seth W. Richardson, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

E. Barrett Prettyman, Corp. Counsel, Edward M. Curran, and Raymond Sparks, all of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and VAN ORSDEL, GRONER, and STEPHENS, Associate Justices.


GRONER, Associate Justice.

Appellant was convicted in the police court of the District of Columbia of a violation of an Act of Congress of July 1, 1902, as amended by an act approved July 1, 1932 (47 Stat. 550, c. 366, § 7, pars. 39, 47, and 48 (D.C.Code Supp. I, 1933, T. 20, §§ 1739, 1755, 1756), and sentenced to pay a fine of $300 or to confinement in jail for sixty days. Appellant, when arraigned, claimed the right to a jury trial in accordance with...

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