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GIBSON v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 1745.

122 A.2d 494 (1956)

Lawrence Marshall GIBSON, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided May 7, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Thompson, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Vernon E. West, Corp. Counsel, Chester H. Gray, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Milton D. Korman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee. Richard W. Barton, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before HOOD, Acting Chief Judge, QUINN, Associate Judge, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired), sitting by designation under Code, 11-776(b).

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellant was tried in the Juvenile Court under Title 11, § 907(c) of the D.C.Code on a charge of being the father of an illegitimate child. A trial by jury resulted in a verdict adverse to him, an order of support was entered, and this appeal followed.

While several errors are assigned, appellant's principal contention is that a colloquy between the trial judge and certain jurors after...

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