Commonwealth v. Bertram

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

The indictment charged that defendant “being the putative father of Frances Patricia Bertram and Virginia Diane Bertram, children begotten and born out of lawful wedlock in the City of Washington and District of Columbia, the said children having been born February 9, 1939, and being now residents of the said City of Washington and District of Columbia, did unlawfully, wilfully and maliciously neglect and refuse to contribute reasonably to the support of the said Frances Patricia Bertram and Virginia Diane Bertram, contrary to the form of the Act of the General Assembly 1…