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DICKS v. UNITED STATES

No. 898.

72 A.2d 34 (1950)

DICKS v. UNITED STATES.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided March 22, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur L. Willcher, Washington, D. C., with whom Jack Politz, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Edward A. Beard, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom Vernon E. West, Corporation Counsel, and Chester H. Gray, Principal Assistant Corporation Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and CLAGETT, Associate Judges.

HOOD, Associate Judge.

Appellant was charged in the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia with being the father of an illegitimate child.1 After trial by jury he was found guilty and ordered to make annual payments, in semi-monthly installments, for the support of the child until it reaches fourteen years of age.

Appellant attacks the jurisdiction of the trial court. His contention is based on the fact that, while both appellant...

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