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COM. ex rel. SMITH v. PATTERSON

409 Pa. 500 (1963)

Commonwealth ex rel. Smith v. Patterson, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 8, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Toy, for appellant.

Burton Satzberg, Assistant District Attorney, with him Frank E. Gilbert and Arlen Specter, Assistant District Attorneys, F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Jr., First Assistant District Attorney, and James C. Crumlish, Jr., District Attorney, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and KEIM, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, January 8, 1963:

The defendant was convicted and sentenced for wilful neglect to support a child born out of lawful wedlock, under the provisions of the Act of June 24, 1939, P.L. 872, § 732, 18 P.S. § 4732. The Superior Court affirmed the judgment: Commonwealth ex rel. Smith v. Patterson, 197 Pa.Super. 538, 179 A.2d 233 (1962). We granted allocatur.

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