State v. Craig

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabeer.

The defendant was tried in the Greenville County Court on a charge of abandonment and non-support of his wife. At the trial, he represented himself and was convicted and sentenced. He then employed counsel, who made a motion for a new trial, which was refused, and appeal is now made to this Court.

The statute under which the conviction was had is as follows : “Any able-bodied man or a man capable of earning or making a livelihood who shall, without just cause or excuse, abandon or fail to supply the actual necessaries of life to his…