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HARRIS v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 13922.

251 F.2d 913 (1958)

Eleanor R. HARRIS, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 16, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. DeLong Harris, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia, with whom Messrs. Chester H. Gray, Corporation Counsel, Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corporation Counsel, and Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corporation Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

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

EDGERTON, Chief Judge.

Appellant was convicted of vagrancy under D.C.Code (1951), Supp. V, § 22-3302(1), on an information which charged in the words of the statute that she was by confession or conviction "known to be a pickpocket, thief, burglar, confidence operator [or] felon", had no lawful means of support, and failed to give a good account of herself when found loitering. The Municipal Court of Appeals affirmed. The conviction rests on the theory that appellant...

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