HALE v. UNITED STATES

No. 1612.

114 A.2d 74 (1955)

James HALE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided May 13, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Robinson, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Fred L. McIntyre, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., Lewis Carroll, Asst. U. S. Atty., and George H. Foster, Jr., 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.

James Hale was convicted by a jury of simple assault.1 His assignments of error relate to alleged remarks of the trial judge in the presence of the jury and to the adequacy of the instructions given to the jury.

The record indicates that the trial judge interrupted the testimony of the Government's first witness, the complainant, in order to call a court reporter. The statement of proceedings and evidence...

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