State v. Stafford

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Fishburne.

The defendant, W. B. Stafford, was convicted at the October, 1939, term of the Greenville County Court upon the second count of an indictment charging abandonment and nonsupport of three minor, unmarried children, of the ages of sixteen, thirteen, and eight years, respectively. The indictment charged the defendant in the first count with abandonment, and with failure to support his wife, but this charge was withdrawn.

In his appeal to this Court he contends that the conviction should be reversed upon several grounds, which will be…