Gay v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Accusation of -abandoning child. Before Judge Berry. Criminal court of Atlanta. June term, 1898.
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
Alexander Gay was tried in the Criminal Court of Atlanta upon an accusation charging him with 'the offense of abandoning his child, leaving her in a dependent and destitute condition. The accused filed pleas of former conviction and not guilty, and the issues thus arising were, by consent, submitted to the decision of the judge without a jury, upon ah agreed statement of facts, which was, in substance, as follows: Accused is the husband of Sally Gay. They have one child, Lillian, born in 1896. Neither has any property from which the child can derive a support. The accused has for some years…
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