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EX PARTE WILSON

Habeas Corpus No. 2060.

79 F.Supp. 816 (1940)

Ex parte WILSON.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

February 20, 1940.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caine, Brown & Howard, Edward W. Howard, Theodore A. Brown, and Richard R. Atkinson, all of Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

Elwood H. Seal, Corp. Counsel, and Michael J. Keane, Jr., Asst. Corp. Counsel, both of Washington, D. C., for respondent.

LETTS, Justice.

I am of opinion the Act approved June 1, 1938, 52 Stat. 596, D.C.Code 1940, § 11 — 902 et seq., fully defines the jurisdiction of the Juvenile court; that such jurisdiction relates only to cases which involve children.

Petitioner is held for non-support of his wife only; the welfare of no children is involved.

The Juvenile Court Act above cited in language declares that the pre-existing law is "amended so as to read as follows...

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