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PETERS v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 1105.

84 A.2d 115 (1951)

PETERS v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided October 30, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin A. Higgs, Washington, D. C., with whom Ena M. St. Louis, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Edward A. Beard, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom Vernon E. West, Corp. Counsel, Chester H. Gray, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and James T. Brennan, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

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

CAYTON, Chief Judge.

By information filed in the Juvenile Court, appellant was charged with being the father of a child born out of wedlock. The complainant was a married woman who initiated the action pursuant to Public Law 917, Chapter 1225, 81st Congress, 2d Session, approved January 11, 1951.1 A jury found appellant guilty of siring the child. His motions for new trial were overruled and the court entered an order requiring him to...

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