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HAWKINS v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 3488.

203 A.2d 116 (1964)

Benjamin Leon HAWKINS, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 28, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shellie F. Bowers, with whom Carlisle E. Pratt, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Ted D. Kuemmerling, Asst. Corporation 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 HOOD, Chief Judge, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges.

MYERS, Associate Judge.

This appeal is from a jury verdict in the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia finding appellant to be the father of two minor children born out of wedlock. 16 D.C. Code § 2341 et seq. (Supp. III, 1964).

Ten years ago in a paternity proceeding we had occasion to say:

"* * * This is the familiar setting of a charge of paternity by the Government and a denial by the putative father. "It would serve no useful...

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