Bostick v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Pike Law Court. Heard before Hon. T. L. Borum. Glarence Bostick was convicted of vagrancy in that he abandoned his wife without just cause, and he appeals.
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Appeal from Pike Law Court. Heard before Hon. T. L. Borum. Glarence Bostick was convicted of vagrancy in that he abandoned his wife without just cause, and he appeals. The marriage being accomplished by duress was open to annullment, and not having been ratified, the fact of duress should have been permitted in evidence. — Marsh v. Whittington, 50 South. 326; Kennedy v. Roberts, 75 N. W. 363; Kensinger v. Dyer, 48 S. W. 912. On these authorities it is insisted that the defendant should have been permitted the benefit of the evidence as to the chastity of the wife, and as to the character of…
1Opinion of the Court
db GRAFFENRIED, J.
There was an indictment against Clarence Bostick under the statute against vagrancy, charging that the defendant, an able-bodied person, did abandon his wife without just cause, and leaving her without means of sustenance, or in danger of becoming a public charge. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and Avas convicted by the jury, and in default of the payment of the fine and costs was sentenced to hard labor for the county, and the defendant appeals.
There was no conflict in the evidence as to the folloAVing: The defendant and Johnnie Bostick, both of whom Avere then minors,…
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