State v. Dawkins

Per Cueiam.

Defendant was tried and convicted in the Burlington Municipal Recorder’s Court on 11 September 1963 upon a warrant charging him with the wilful failure to support his minor children. A prison sentence of 18 months was imposed and was suspended for 5 years upon the condition, among others, that he pay $20 per week for the support of his minor children, ages 3 and 1. On 6 November 1963 the said court, finding as a fact that defendant had wilfully failed to make the support payments and was $100 in arrears, ordered that the prison sentence be activated. Defendant appealed, and the…