Legal Opinion
United States v. Shannon
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 31, 1958No. 2191PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Acting Judge.
The Government appeals from an order quashing an information which charged defendant with carrying a deadly weapon. The prosecution was brought under Code, § 22-3204 which provides:
“No person shall within the District of Columbia carry either openly or concealed on or about his person, except in his dwelling house or place of business or on other land possessed by him, a pistol, * * * or any deadly or dangerous weapon capable of being so concealed. * * * ”
The charging language in the information recited that defendant did “unlawfully have about the person of him the said…
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