Frank Hair v. United States of America, John I. Burroughs v. United States

*895BAZELON, Circuit Judge.

Our appellants, Hair and Burroughs, were charged and convicted of housebreaking1 and robbery,2 and Burroughs was also charged and convicted of rape.3 Their principal contention on these appeals is that the District Court erred in refusing to exclude certain evidence obtained by officers of the Metropolitan Police.

The police officers testified as follows: On January 4, 1960, they were called to investigate a report of a housebreaking, robbery and rape. The victim told them that three young men, each masked and armed, had entered her house, stolen a large amount of cash…