Dibble v. District of Columbia

CAYTON, Associate Judge.

Appeal from a conviction of violating blackout regulations promulgated by the District Commissioners pursuant to certain Acts of Congress.1 The charge was that defendant, as resident manager in charge of Suburban Gardens, a 10-acre housing development, had failed to extinguish a"street type” light within the development while a practice blackout was in progress. The contentions on this appeal fall into two groups, the first dealing with rulings on evidence, and the second with the sufficiency of the evidence.

I. The Evidential Questions

1. Proof of Defendanfs Agency.…