KELLY, Associate Judge:
Appellant was convicted by a jury of false pretenses, D.C.Code 1967, § 22-1301. In this appeal he claims the court erred in restricting pertinent cross-examination of the principal Government witness and in permitting reference by the witness to a certain photograph.
Simply put, the Government's case was that appellant gave a check drawn on a nonexistent bank in payment for an antique Chinese armchair. His defense was that it was...
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