Crow v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for misdemeanor. Before Judge Gober. Cobb superior court. March term, 1895. Anthony Crow was indicted for abandoning his child, was found guilty, and. his motion for a new trial was overruled. The evidence shows that he married Anna liussell and had not lived with her since the marriage. She had born to her a male child, now about a year old; he was begotten previous to the marriage-and born.after-wards.
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Indictment for misdemeanor. Before Judge Gober. Cobb superior court. March term, 1895. Anthony Crow was indicted for abandoning his child, was found guilty, and. his motion for a new trial was overruled. The evidence shows that he married Anna liussell and had not lived with her since the marriage. She had born to her a male child, now about a year old; he was begotten previous to the marriage-and born.after-wards. Since the marriage she has lived with her father, who has supported her and the child. Defendant furnished for the child some clothing, $2.00 in money, a fifty pound sack of flour,…
1Opinion of the Court
Atkinson, Justice.
To the principle stated in the first head-note, it is only necessary to cite the language of the statute from which section 4873 of the code is taken; and to the-point that the words dependent and destitute, as employed in that statute, were not designed to be used as synonyms, it is only necessary to refer, to the language employed by Chief Justice Jackson in 78 Ga. 188, in the case of McDaniel, governor, v. Campbell, which we quote as follows: “So to leave a child dependent does not convey the idea of absolute destitution. The child may be cared for and comfortable, and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McDaniel v. CampbellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1886
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- Dalton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Mays v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905