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MITCHELL v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 1616.

113 A.2d 566 (1955)

Paul MITCHELL, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided April 27, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Tinney, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Vernon E. West, Corp. Counsel, Chester H. Gray, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, Harry L. Walker and Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

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

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Paul Mitchell was convicted of being a vagrant. His sole contention on appeal is that the evidence introduced by the Government, considered in the light of Beail v. District of Columbia,1 was insufficient to warrant a finding of guilt.

Code section 22-3302 declares that certain classes of persons shall be deemed vagrants. Among those classes are: "(8) Any person who wanders about the streets at late or unusual...

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