Ware v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for abandonment of child; from Coffee superior court — Judge Parker. March 10, 1910. •
1Opinion of the CourtHill, C. J.
Ware was convicted, in the superior court of Coffee county, of a violation of §114 of the Penal Code, as amended by the act of 1907 (Acts 1907, p. 57), in that he “did willfully and voluntarily abandon his child, leaving her in a dependent condition.” The only question to be decided is one of venue. Was the venue properly laid in Coffee county? The uncontroverted evidence shows that the defendant left his wife at their home in Coffee county, and went to the State of Plorida. At the time he left home the child was temporarily absent, having been placed by him with an uncle of the child in Jeff…
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