Mitchell v. District of Columbia

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Paul Mitchell was convicted of being a vagrant. His sole contention on appeal is that the evidence introduced by the Government, considered in the light of Beail v. District of Columbia, 1 was insufficient to warrant a finding of guilt.

Code section 22-3302 declares that certain classes of persons shall be deemed vagrants. Among those classes are: “(8) Any person who wanders about the streets at late or unusual hours of the night without any visible or lawful business and not giving a good account of himself.”

Various police officers testified that the defendant was seen…