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DEGREE v. UNITED STATES

No. 2220.

144 A.2d 547 (1958)

James E. DEGREE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided September 3, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis P. Mitchell, Washington, D. C., with whom John A. Shorter, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Jack Marshall Stark, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington D. C. were on the brief, for appellee.

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

CAYTON, Acting Judge.

Appellant Degree was a passenger in a taxicab, along with two women and a man named Jones. Upon reaching their destination the cab driver said the fare was $1.60, and Degree handed him a dollar bill, saying that was more than his share. There was an argument between the cab driver and Jones, who refused to pay anything. Degree and Jones started away from the cab, and the driver shouted after them. According to the driver, they were then 12 to...

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