Wilson v. United States

MILLER, Associate Justice.

On April 30, 1933, John D. Darin was robbed by two colored men at a certain crossroad in Southeast Washington. Appellant was accused of the crime and was tried on January 18, 1939. At that time Darin testified, as a witness for the Government, that he did not return to the vicinity of the robbery until January 16, 1939, when, in the company of an officer, he had identified the place where the robbery occurred. On cross-examination Darin denied that at a previous trial of appellant he had testified that he could not identify the place of the robbery if he were taken…