Clarence C. Johnson v. United States

When this case was here before 1 *we affirmed the convictions of housebreaking and larceny without prejudice to the right of appellant to file a motion for a new trial in the District Court on the ground of newly discovered evidence. 2 The newly discovered evidence allegedly consisted of the testimony of the complaining witness, which he gave at another and later trial, to the effect that he had not made the complaint against appellant which resulted in his arrest in this case. This evidence might have been important because the warrant of arrest for the offenses had been issued on the basis…