Pritchett v. United States

This is an appeal from an order revoking probation and committing appellant to serve the sentence imposed upon him for violation of law. it appears that the defendant was afforded a fair hearing by the learned judge below; and there is nothing to support any charge of abuse of discretion on his part. Whether the witnesses produced by defendant were to be believed was peculiarly a question for the trial judge to determine, as was the question as to whether he would hear character evidence on a question of punishment. As said in Burns v. United States, 287 U. S. 216, 53 S. Ct. 154, 156, 77 L.…