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GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS v. AUDAIN

Crim. No. 140-1973.

366 F.Supp. 710 (1973)

The GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS, Plaintiff, v. Basil AUDAIN, Defendant.

District Court Virgin Islands, D. St. Croix.

November 21, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald H. Tonkin, Atty. Gen., Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., for plaintiff.

Hodge, Sheen & Finch, Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., for defendant; Derek Hodge, Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., of counsel.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

WARREN H. YOUNG, District Judge.

This action began in the Municipal Court where the defendant was charged with the crime of desertion and nonsupport of his three year old child living in St. Kitts (16 V.I.C. § 371(2)). Defendant moved to dismiss on the ground that the complaint failed to charge an offense punishable under the laws of the Virgin Islands because the child in question is a non-resident. The motion was granted...

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