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HACKETT v. UNITED STATES

No. 1278.

92 A.2d 766 (1952)

HACKETT v. UNITED STATES.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided December 4, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jean F. Dwyer for appellant.

John J. Dwyer, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

Samuel J. L'Hommedieu, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Charles M. Irelan, U. S. Atty., and Joseph M. Howard, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

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

QUINN, Associate Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of a charge of assault. The facts briefly are as follows: The complaining witness, Lee Posten, testified that while visiting the home of a friend appellant Hackett, hereinafter called the defendant, came into the house and words were exchanged; that defendant cut him over the left eye, over the left ear, and on the back of the head. Two witnesses corroborated the testimony of the complaining witness. The...

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