Barrett v. United States

ROBB, Associate Justice.

’ Appellant, a detective sergeant of the Metropolitan police department of the District, was convicted in the court, below under an indictment charging him with an assault “with his hands,” and was sentenced to imprisonment for one year — the maximum. Title 6, § 29, D. C. Code 1929, section 806, D. C. Code 1924.

A defenseless woman had been brutally murdered by two masked men in committing a robbery. Appellant with other officers had been assigned to the case. They learned that a stolen automobile that had been used by *149the murderers was parked near the Marne Apartments…