Supreme Court of Puerto Rico March 31, 1969, No. O-68-7 (People v. Vélez Vélez)

Mr. Justice Pérez Pimentel

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioner was sentenced by the District Court, Vega Baja Part, to serve one year in jail after he was found guilty of violating § 263 of the Penal Code, • consisting in having failed to provide the necessary food, clothing and medical attendance to his minor unacknowledged daughter, Ada Nivia Otero, whose paternity he denied.