United States v. James

*248Opinion of the Court

Quinn, Chief Judge:

The accused was convicted of rape.1 The question before us is whether the law officer erred to the accused’s prejudice by denying a request for a two-day continuance.

At about 10:00 p.m., on July 28, 1962, Maria Schaepers, a twenty-one-year-old German girl, was suddenly accosted by two colored men. They seized her and dragged her across the road to a wooded area. While one man held her, the other raped her. The assault occurred near the main gate of the Panzer Kaserne in Boeblingen, Germany. Shortly thereafter, German police and Criminal Investigations…