CRAWFORD v. UNITED STATES

No. 11350.

198 F.2d 976 (1952)

CRAWFORD v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 3, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Foster Wood, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Robert I. Miller, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. William J. Peck, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Charles M. Irelan, U. S. Atty., Joseph M. Howard and William S. McKinley, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, FAHY and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.


FAHY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, to whom we will refer as the defendant, was convicted and sentenced for carnally knowing a female child, condemned by § 22-2801, D.C.Code (1940). The evidence indicates substantially the following: The child, eight years of age, lived with her mother, stepfather, referred to in the testimony and hereinafter in this opinion as the father, a baby brother, and stepgrandmother. Defendant was a friend of the family, particularly of...

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