Richards v. United States

192 F.2d 602

30 A.L.R.2d 880, 89 U.S.App.D.C. 354

RICHARDS,

v.

UNITED STATES.

No. 10700.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Argued June 20, 1951.

Decided Sept. 27, 1951.

Josiah Lyman, Washington, D.C., with whom Kathryn M. Schwarz, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Joseph A. Sommer, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom George Morris Fay, U.S. Atty., and Harold H. Bacon and Joseph M. Howard, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before PRETTYMAN, FAHY and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.

WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

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The defendant…