Towns v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Accusation of abandoment of child; from city court of Floyd county—Judge Nunnally. April 24, 1919.
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, C. J.
1. On the trial of one for the abandonment of his minor child it is not error to exclude testimony offered by the defendant to the effect that his wife, pregnant with her unborn child, abandoned him, despite his entreaties for her to stay and live with him. Moore v. State, 1 Ga. App. 502 (57 S. E. 1016); Parrish v. State, 10 Ga. App. 836 (74 S. E. 445).
2. Where the absent father has for two years immediately preceding the finding of the accusation against him failed and refused to provide for his dependent child, the time when the original separation took place is entirely immaterial. The…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Phelps v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911
- Moore v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
- Parrish v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1912
- Campbell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1917
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