TILLOTSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 12503.

231 F.2d 736 (1956)

Gladys M. TILLOTSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 14, 1956.

Petition for Rehearing Denied March 8, 1956.

Writ of Certiorari Denied June 11, 1956.


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. Fred L. McIntyre, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., Lewis Carroll and Arthur J. McLaughlin, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, Chief Judge, and WASHINGTON and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.


Writ of Certiorari Denied June 11, 1956. See 76 S.Ct. 1055.

DANAHER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant seeks reversal of her conviction on three counts of an indictment charging malicious burning of another's property in violation of Title 22, Section 403 of the District of Columbia Code 1951.1 The fires occurred in the District on August 17, 1953, January 11, 1954, and March 15, 1954, on which dates appellant had been a hostess and social...

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