Moss v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
In error to the Juvenile Court of tbe District of Columbia (trial by jury having been waived) in a prosecution for failure to support and maintain a child of which the accused was alleged to be the father. ' The facts are stated in the opinion. 1. The act of March 3, 1901, punishes the neglect of a parent to provide food, clothing, and shelter for his child, whether the child be legitimate or not.
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In error to the Juvenile Court of tbe District of Columbia (trial by jury having been waived) in a prosecution for failure to support and maintain a child of which the accused was alleged to be the father. ' The facts are stated in the opinion. 1. The act of March 3, 1901, punishes the neglect of a parent to provide food, clothing, and shelter for his child, whether the child be legitimate or not. The language of the act of March 3, 1901, in sec. 4, refers to any person who shall be the parent or guardian of a child, and in sec. 5 is directed against the father and mother of such child. This…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McOomas
John A. Moss, Junior, the plaintiff in error, upon an information in the juvenile court of this District, sworn to by Georgie Washington, on October 20, 1906, was charged with being the father of a minor child, Wilbur Washington, twenty-three months old, and with having refused and neglected to provide such food, clothing, and shelter as to prevent the suffering and secure the safety of said child. At the trial, Georgie Washington testified that Moss was the father of her illegitimate male child then two years old. Moss denied this paternity, and also denied cohabitation with the mother of…
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