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DYSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 1328.

97 A.2d 135 (1953)

DYSON v. UNITED STATES.

Municipal Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided May 29, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Campbell, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Samuel J. L'Hommedieu, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C. (Charles M. Irelan, U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., and William R. Glendon, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., on the brief), for appellee.

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

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellant having been convicted by a jury of simple assault1 brings this appeal.

A police officer assigned to the morals division of the Metropolitan Police Department testified that shortly after midnight on October 10, 1952, he was approached by defendant, who asked the officer to light his cigarette. The officer handed him a book of matches, and after defendant had lit the cigarette and returned the matches...

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