Boyd v. State

Wade, O. J.

1. “In a prosecution under section 114 of the Penal Code of 1895 as amended by the act of 1907 (Acts of 1907, p. 57) [Pena] Code of 1910, § 116], the offense of abandoning one’s child and leaving it in a dependent condition is consummated and, in the legal sense, committed in the county where the state of the child’s dependency upon others begins on account of the withdrawal by the father of his presence and aid in the way of support.” Cleveland v. State, 7 Ga. App. 622 (67 S. E. 696).(a) The facts in this case bring it distinctly under this ruling, and also under the ruling in…