State v. . Spillman

The defendant was tried and convicted upon a bill of indictment charging a violation of section 1, chapter 228, Public Laws 1933, section 276 (a) of N.C. Code of 1935 (Michie), which reads: "Any parent who willfully neglects or who refuses to support and maintain his or her illegitimate child shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and subject to such penalties as are hereinafter provided."

The prosecuting witness testified that she and the defendant had intimate relations during the month of April, 1934, that she became pregnant in May, 1934, and that her child was born 3 January, 1935, and that…