(DOWNLOAD) "Rosenberg v. District Columbia" by District of Columbia Court of Appeals. # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Rosenberg v. District Columbia
- Author : District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
- Release Date : January 26, 1949
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 54 KB
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CLAGETT, Associate Judge. Appellant was convicted by a jury of the offense of driving an automobile in the District of Columbia during the period for which his operator's permit had been revoked. 1 The only assignment of error argued on this appeal is that the attitude of the trial Judge prejudiced the jury against the defendant. Two incidents which occurred during the trial are relied upon in support of this general assignment. The first incident occurred under the following circumstances. Two police officers had testified that they had observed appellant driving the automobile shortly before his arrest, that appellant had admitted to them that he was driving the car and that his operator's permit had been and still was revoked and that he had urged the officers not to press charges against him. Upon cross-examination of one of the policemen, counsel for appellant asked: