UNITED STATES v. AVANT

No. 15386.

275 F.2d 650 (1960)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Otis AVANT and Fleet S. Hughlett, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 7, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frank Q. Nebeker, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Kenneth D. Wood, Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before BAZELON, BASTIAN and BURGER, Circuit Judges.


BURGER, Circuit Judge.

We allowed an appeal from a final judgment of the Municipal Court of Appeals1 reversing convictions of appellees in the Municipal Court for defrauding by false pretenses under D.C.Code 1951, § 22-1301 (Supp. VII 1959).

The record discloses evidence, more fully described later, that appellees had charged the complaining witness for car repairs and parts which were not in fact made or furnished.

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