STALLANS v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 1888.

130 A.2d 923 (1957)

James A. STALLANS, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided April 12, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clinton W. Chapman, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Chester H. Gray, Corporation Counsel, Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corporation Counsel, and Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corporation Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROVER, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.


ROVER, Chief Judge.

On June 11, 1956, appellant was charged in the Juvenile Court with being the father of a child born on April 13, 1956, to an unmarried woman, Code 1951, Supp. V, § 11-951 et seq. A summons was issued requiring him to appear on July 3, 1956, to answer the charge; failing to appear on that date a Bench Warrant was issued for his arrest. He was taken into custody on July 20, 1956, around 5 o'clock in the morning, kept in confinement in the cell...

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