Chauncey v. State

Quillian, Judge.

The defendant was brought to trial on an accusation for the abandonment of his illegitimate child. The accusation alleging that he abandoned the child in Lanier County, Georgia, on August 20, 1972. The accusation further recited that it was based on the affidavit of Vickie Bailey, the prosecutrix, made August 20, 1972, before John W. Harrell, justice of the peace in and for said county. There was no such affidavit attached to or accompanying the accusation.

Upon the call of the case for trial, defendant before pleading to the accusation, through his attorney demanded that the…