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PEEPLES v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 956.

75 A.2d 845 (1950)

PEEPLES v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided October 11, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick C. LeComte, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Edward A. Beard, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom Vernon E. West, Corporation Counsel, and Chester H. Gray, Principal Assistant Corporation Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and CLAGETT, Associate Judges.

HOOD, Associate Judge.

Appellant was convicted of being drunk in a public park. He was sentenced to pay a fine of $75 and in default of payment to serve 150 days. Being unable to pay his fine he was imprisoned. At his request we appointed counsel to represent him on this appeal and at counsel's request advanced the case for hearing.

The principal point on appeal is that the court lacked jurisdiction to sentence appellant to confinement for 150 days in default...

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