Legal Opinion

State v. Hopkins

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided March 25, 1902PublishedCited by 15 opinions

INDICTMENT against R. B. Hopkins, beard by Judge F. D. Winston and a jury, at October Term, 1901, of tbe Superior Court of Pamlico County. From a verdict of guilty and judgment thereon, the defendant appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtFurches, C. J.

This is an indictment under Section 970 of The Code for abandonment and failing to support the defendant’s wife and children. The defendant charged his wife with infidelity and adultery with one Tom Daniels, drove her from home and commenced an action for divorce; and the wife has indicted him for abandonment. The wife testified to her fidelity, denied the charge that she had been guilty of illicit intercourse with Tom Daniels or any one else; that the defendant drove her from home, and has neither fed nor clothed her since doing so; but that defendant has supported the children, except the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Cape Fear Steamboat Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1870
  2. Reeves v. . ReevesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1880
  3. State v. . CoySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1896

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. State v. May.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
  2. State v. . FalknerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1921
  3. State v. SmithSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1913
  4. State v. FalknerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1921
  5. Fowler v. RossCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952

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