CLARK v. UNITED STATES

No. 4558.

23 F.2d 756 (1927)

CLARK v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.

Decided December 5, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crandal Mackey and G. E. C. Hayes, both of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Peyton Gordon and Raymond Neudecker, both of Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB and VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justices.


MARTIN, Chief Justice.

The appellant, Margaret Clark, was indicted, tried, and convicted upon a charge of grand larceny; the accusation being that on the 22d day of December, 1924, in the District of Columbia, she had stolen a certain coat of the value of $250 belonging to one Lucy C. Cogswell.

At the trial of the case the defendant called a witness who testified to her good reputation for honesty in the neighborhood in which she lived. Thereupon, on cross...

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