Bohannon v. District of Columbia

HOOD, Associate Judge.

Appellant was convicted of failing to yield the right of way after stopping at a stop sign. 1 He was sentenced to pay a fine of $10 or in default thereof to serve ten days. His motion for a new trial was granted. He was then tried before another judge who found him guilty and imposed a sentence of $100 or thirty days. He moved for a n,ew trial, alleging, among other things, that he had a witness who would corroborate his testimony. At the hearing on this motion the court announced: “In- a hearing on this motion we will have a trial.” Thereupon testimony -was received…