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MOORE v. UNITED STATES

No. 2471.

156 A.2d 461 (1959)

Irene W. MOORE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided December 15, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chauncey D. Artis, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Frank Q. Nebeker, 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 ROVER, Chief Judge, QUINN, Associate Judge, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired) sitting by designation under Code, § 11-776(b).

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Irene Moore was convicted of vagrancy1 by a jury. Of the several errors assigned on her appeal, we reach but one which concerns a comment made by the trial judge. After the case was submitted to the jury and before the rendition of its verdict, the following occurred:

"The jury was instructed and took the case on May 22 [Friday], 1959. The jury was excused to May 25 [Monday], 1959, when it resumed deliberations...

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