Henderson v. United States

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced for violation of Section 1801, Title 22, of the District of Columbia Code, in that he entered the apartment of one Haselden with intent to commit a felony.1 The question presented by the appeal is whether the place which the appellant admittedly entered was part of “any apartment or room”. The apartment was on the first floor. The place which appellant entered was a porch. This porch was set back into the apartment house building, so that the walls of the building formed three walls around the porch. Similar…