Brodie v. States

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Brodie was convicted by the court, trial by jury having been waived, of assault and petit larceny. From the denial of his mo*926tion for a new’trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence, he brings this appeal.

A filling station attendant who witnessed the theft, testifying for the government, recalled having noticed two men whom he was unable to identify approach complainant Carpenter’s automobile parked nearby on Longfellow Street, N. W. When one of the men reached inside and removed a coat, the attendant summoned Carpenter, the owner of the automobile, who…