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LABIOSA v. GOVERNMENT OF THE CANAL ZONE

No. 13846.

198 F.2d 282 (1952)

LABIOSA v. GOVERNMENT OF THE CANAL ZONE.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

July 31, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur B. Hammond, Jr., Richard B. Montgomery, Jr., Cicero C. Sessions, New Orleans La., Woodrow de Castro, Ancon, Canal Zone, for appellant.

Rowland K. Hazard, U. S. Dist. Atty., Kay P. Fisher, Asst. U. S. Dist. Atty., Ancon, Canal Zone, for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and RUSSELL and STRUM, Circuit Judges.

RUSSELL, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of statutory rape of a female thirteen years of age,1 alleged to have been committed July 4th, 1951, and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of ten years. The assignments of error present the contention that the Court committed prejudicial error in permitting the Government's counsel, upon cross-examination, to interrogate the defendant, who testified as a witness in his own...

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