State v. Scarbrough

Litz, Judge:

The defendant, Otto Scarbrough, was tried and convicted in the criminal court of Raleigh County, upon appeal from a justice, under a warrant charging him with wilfully neglecting and refusing to provide for the support and maintenance of his illegitimate child in destitute and necessitous circumstances, in violation of Chapter 51, Acts 1917, as amended by Chapter 73, Acts 1925. This writ was awarded at his instance to the judgment, on the verdict, requiring him to pay monthly sums for the support and maintenance of the child.

The grounds relied on for reversal are: (1) That a…