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JONES v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 2514.

158 A.2d 771 (1960)

Joseph V. JONES, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided March 17, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Bachrach, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Chester H. Gray, Corp. Counsel, Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, Hubert B. Pair and Ted D. Kuemmerling, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

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

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellant was convicted of vagrancy under Code Section 22-3302(1) (Supp. VII), on an information which charged, in the words of the statute, that he 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 himself when found loitering.

The evidence adduced at trial was as follows: The arresting officers testified that...

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