Clawans v. District of Columbia

GRONER, Associate Justice.

Appellant was convicted in the police court of the District of Columbia of a violation of an Act of Congress of July 1, 1902, as amended by an act approved July 1, 1932 (47 Stat. 550, c. 366, § 7, pars. 39, 47, and 48 (D.C.Code Supp. I, 1933, T. 20, §§ 1739, 1755, 1756), and sentenced to pay a fine of $300 or to confinement in jail for sixty days. Appellant, when arraigned, claimed the right to a jury trial in accordance with the provisions of article 3, § 2, cl. 3, of the Con*266stitution, providing that, “The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall…