State v. Latham
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM LAUDERDALE. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County. — S. J. Everett, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
The State has appealed from a judgment of the circuit court, quashing an indictment of the defendant in error, which indictment is, omitting formal parts, as follows:
*32‘ ‘ That Sam Latham . . . unlawfully, will-fnlly and without good canse, did neglect and fail to provide for his wife, Yiola Latham, according to his means, she being then and there the lawful wife of him, the said Sam Latham.”
Thé motion to quash challenged the constitutionality of the act on which the indictment was base'd (Act 1915, chapter 125); it being urged: (a) That the act provides imprisonment for debt; (b) denies in a…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Woods v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1914
- Ex Parte DavisTexas Supreme Court · 1908
- State v. WallerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1913
- Commonwealth v. AckerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Poole v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1898
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