United States v. Shaw

HOOD, Chief Judge:

On the night of May 2,1966, a Metropolitan police officer found a man named Walker (hereafter called the complaining witness) in an unconscious state, lying in a pool of blood. On information obtained by the police, the appellee here was arrested without a warrant on the charge of assault with a dangerous weapon, a felony. 1 On the following morning appellee was charged by information with simple assault, a misdemeanor. 2 When on the same day, the case came on before the trial court, the prosecution asked for a continuance because the complaining witness was in the hospital…