Patler v. District of Columbia

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of defacing the doors of an elevator in a private building. The information charged that appellant “did then and there wilfully and wantonly write, mark and draw a sign or figure thereon without the consent of the owner or proprietor thereof, contrary to and in violation of Section 22-3112, District of Columbia Code.” The evidence offered by the prosecution was circumstantial.

Several errors are alleged but those unsupported by the record will not be considered. Appellant’s principal contention is that the evidence tended to show that…