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UNITED STATES v. SHANNON

No. 2191.

144 A.2d 267 (1958)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. William E. SHANNON, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided July 31, 1958.

Rehearing Denied September 16, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Greenhalgh, Asst. U. S. Atty., Bethesda, Md., with whom Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., Carl W. Belcher and Edmond T. Daly, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Raymond A. Brownlow for appellee. Evan T. Davis, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired) sitting by designation under Code, § 11-776(b).

CAYTON, Acting Judge.

The Government appeals from an order quashing an information which charged defendant with carrying a deadly weapon. The prosecution was brought under Code, § 22-3204 which provides:

"No person shall within the District of Columbia carry either openly or concealed on or about his person, except in his dwelling house or place of business or on other land possessed by him, a pistol, * * * or any deadly or dangerous weapon capable of...

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