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Argued February 20, 1953.
Decided June 25, 1953.
Petition for Rehearing Denied July 30, 1953.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mr. James J. Laughlin, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Albert J. Ahern, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.
Mr. William E. Kirk, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., at the time of argument, with whom Messrs. Charles M. Irelan, U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., at the time of argument, Emory W. Reisinger, II, and William R. Glendon, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., at the time of argument, were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Joseph M. Howard, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., at the time the record was filed, also entered his appearance for appellee. Mr. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.
Before EDGERTON, WILBUR K. MILLER and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.
WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.
On Friday, November 30, 1951, in Harry Guthrie's room on the third floor of a rooming house in the District of Columbia, Ruth Leong was brutally assaulted and a soft drink bottle1 was introduced into her body. About midnight she was taken by the police to a hospital, where the bottle was removed, but she died December 12, 1951, from general peritonitis resulting from a perforated intestine.
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