[DOWNLOAD] "Savage v. District Columbia" by District of Columbia Court of Appeals. # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Savage v. District Columbia
- Author : District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
- Release Date : January 18, 1947
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 62 KB
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CLAGETT, Associate Judge. Appellant was convicted in the Criminal Branch of the Municipal Court under three separate informations. The first charged him with using premises at 1303 Fairmont Street, Northwest, for a purpose other than a single-family dwelling without first having been issued a 'certificate of occupancy'; the second charged him with operating the same premises as a rooming house between June 14, 1946, and October 31, 1946, without a license; the third charged him with using the same premises as a rooming house without a license between November 1, 1946, and December 11, 1946. In the occupancy permit case he was fined $10 and ordered to serve 10 days in jail if the fine was not paid; and in each of the two license cases he was sentenced to a $100 fine or 30 days in jail in default of paying the fine. The sentences were ordered to run consecutively. He took an appeal as of right from the judgments in the two license cases, and we granted an application for allowance of appeal in the occupancy permit case. 1 On motion of appellant the cases were consolidated for trial below and heard together here. Appellant has assigned a large number of errors. The facts necessary to a consideration of each of such assignments will be stated in connection therewith. In general, according to testimony by appellant, he acquired the premises in 1940 and obtained licenses to operate as a rooming house in 1941, 1942, 1943 and 1944. He also applied for an occupancy permit but never received one. In May 1945 an inspection by the health authorities disclosed certain violations of health regulations, and appellant has had no license since that time. After the charges were filed but before trial appellant made certain changes to conform to health regulations.