BAER v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Nos. 2995, 2996.

182 A.2d 839 (1962)

Robert L. BAER and Clarence L. Richardson, Appellants, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided July 12, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey C. Beavers, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Chester H. Gray, Corp. Counsel, Milton D. Korman, Prin. Asst. Corp. Counsel, Hubert B. Pair, and H. Thomas Sisk, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges.


MYERS, Associate Judge.

Appellants were jointly tried before a jury and convicted of keeping for sale and of selling alcoholic beverages without first having obtained a license to do so.1

They contend that two incidents, occurring outside the progress of their trial, prejudiced their rights to fair and impartial verdicts. One involved a statement by the trial judge made prior to the empaneling of jurors to try appellants' cases...

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