Gladys M. Tillotson v. United States

DANAHER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant seeks reversal of her conviction on three counts of an indictment charging malicious burning of another’s property in violation of Title 22, Section 403 of the District of Columbia Code 1951.1 The fires occurred in the District on August 17, 1953, January 11, 1954, and March 15, 1954, on which dates appellant had been a hostess and social director at a boarding house called Wesley Hall, and upon each occasion, as she testified, she was in her room. During an extensive investigation, appellant became acquainted with police officers who on April 28, 1954, asked…