Grantland v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Morgan Law and. Equity Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas W. Wert. Edgar Grantland was convicted of abandoning bis wife, and be appeals.
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Appeal from Morgan Law and. Equity Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas W. Wert. Edgar Grantland was convicted of abandoning bis wife, and be appeals. In addition to tbe charges set out in tbe opinion, tbe following charges were refused to defendant: “(4) If you are not satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that tbe Avife of defendant under all tbe circumstances of tbe case would probably become a burden to tbe public for tbe reason of any contingency likely to happen within a reasonable time, and in tbe ordinary course of events, then defendant should be acquitted.” “(A) If Ada Grantland,…
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
The defendant was indicted and convicted of a violation of subdivision 8 of section 7843 of the Code — the vagrancy statute — for that, “being an able bodied person, he abandoned his wife, without just cause, leaving her without sufficient means of subsistence, or in danger of becoming a public charge.”
At common law, while it was a violation of the marriage contract and of a resultant duty imposed by law, yet it was not a criminal offense to leave a wife without the means of support. — Ex parte Jackson, 45 Ark. 158. But statutes similar to ours on the subject now exist in England and in many…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Commissioners of Public Charities & Correction v. CullenNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Ex parte JacksonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1885
- Fonville v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- Commonwealth v. RichardsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
- Wilkinson v. MoseleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1857
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