Dayhoff v. State

This is an appeal from a judgment and sentence for non-support of an infant. The appellant, Eugene E. Dayhoff, was indicted under Code, (1951), Article 27, Section 96(b), for the crime of unlawfully and without just cause wilfully neglecting to provide for the maintenance and support of his infant child, Kevin E. Dayhoff, aged eight months. The appellant pleaded not guilty and elected a jury trial. The trial judge ordered him to pay to his wife the sum of $10.00 per week for the period of three years for the support of the infant, subject to the further order of the court in the premises.

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