Baldwin v. State

The accused was placed on trial upon an accusation based on the Penal Code, § 114, which provides for the punishment of any father who wilfully and voluntarily abandons his child, leaving it in a dependent and destitute condition. The evidence shows that the abandonment began before the child was born. If an abandonment having such a beginning is completed after the child is born, there may be a prosecution under the section cited, if the other elements of the offense are present. See Bull v. State, 80 Ga. 704. There was ample evidence to authorize the jury to find that the child was…