Jackson v. State

Rufus Jackson was convicted of abandonment of his minor child. The evidence showed that he married Lillie Jackson, and, before the birth of the child, abandoned her, and never lived with her or contributed to her or the child’s support. The mother was shown to be unable to work, and the child suffered cold and hunger by reason of the abandonment. The father made no provision for it, or for the mother, at the time of its birth, but voluntarily and wilfully abandoned it; and though it appeared that the child’s grandmother contributed some to 'its support, and to that of the mother, the evidence…