Lester Cannady v. United States

WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted of robbery and simple assault and given concurrent sentences. The Government’s case rested on the testimony of the complaining witness who testified that he had been accosted by two men at about 12:20 or 12:45 a.m. on March 6, 1964. He stated that the men beat him and robbed him of about $180, that the following afternoon, he was in a beer parlor and saw appellant enter; he recognized him as one of his assailants. He testified that appellant saw him and “broke and ran out of the place.” He followed appellant outside and told his story to a…