Johnson v. State

There was a-plea attacking the constitutionality of the Act of October 2, 1920, Acts Sp. Sess. 1920, p. 76 et seq., creating juvenile courts in counties having a designated population. Since the decision in Reynolds v. Collier, 204 Ala. 38, 85 So. 465, statutes of a similar nature have been held constitutional.

This prosecution is brought under section 4480 of the Code of 1923, which provides, among other things, that:

’ “Any parent who shall without lawful excuse * * * fail to provide for the support and maintenance of his, or her, child, or children, under the age of eighteen years, whether…