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BUSEY v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 7918.

129 F.2d 24 (1942)

BUSEY et al. v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided April 15, 1942.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mrs. Cecil M. Roeder and Mr. Charles Pergler, both of Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Mr. Vernon E. West, with whom Messrs. Richmond B. Keech and Edward W. Thomas, all of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and EDGERTON and RUTLEDGE, Associate Justices.

EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

Appellants were convicted, in the Police Court, of selling magazines on the streets of the District of Columbia without taking out a license or paying a tax. Each was sentenced to a fine of five dollars, or one day in jail. We allowed an appeal.

Appellants stood on the sidewalk, at the corner of Park Road and 14th St. N. W., carrying bags which contained copies of Consolation and of Watch Tower, two magazines published by or for...

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