Tillman v. District of Columbia

CAYTON, Chief Judge.

Three contentions are made by defendant in appealing his conviction on a charge of operating a rooming house without a license. Code 1940, § 47 — 2347. One contention is that he was refused a continuance. But the record shows that there had been two continuances of ten days each and there is nothing in the record or in appellant’s brief or in his oral argument from which we would be justified in ruling that there was an abuse of-discretion in refusing to continue the case a third time.

Though he did not assign it as error, appellant says he should not have been convicted…