SMALLWOOD v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 1660.

116 A.2d 599 (1955)

Arthur SMALLWOOD, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided August 26, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry J. Ahern, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., with whom Vernon E. West, Corp. Counsel, Chester H. Gray, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, Milton D. Korman and Harry L. Walker, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

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


HOOD, Associate Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction on charges of keeping for sale and selling alcoholic beverage without first having obtained a license to do so. Code 1951, Supp. III, § 25-109.

The evidence disclosed that the police acting undercover had purchased small quantities of whisky from one Mason on several occasions prior to January 30, 1955. On January 29, in an effort to locate Mason's source of supply, officer Somerville offered to...

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