Charles Nelson v. United States

DANAHER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for obtaining goods by false pretenses in violation of D.C.Code § 22-1301 (1951).1 The trial court entered judgment of acquittal on a second count charging grand larceny. Evidence was offered to show that appellant from time to time over a period of months, for purposes of resale, had purchased merchandise from Potomac Distributors of Washington, D. C., Inc. (hereinafter referred to as Potomac-Distributors). By September 18, 1952, his account was said to be in arrears-more than thirty days. Late that afternoon, appellant sought…