Murphy v. District of Columbia

HOOD, Associate Judge.

Appellant, after trial before court and jury, was found guilty of violation of Title 40, Section 609(a) of the District of Columbia Code (1940 Ed.), the offense being commonly known as “hit and run.” The evidence presented by the prosecution was substantially as follows:

About midnight of June 11, 1942, a street car stopped near Fourteenth and Decatur Streets, Northwest, and as passengers were alighting an automobile struck and side-swiped the rear of the car and then struck and injured a passenger who was crossing from the car to the curb. The left front fender of the…