State v. . Hannon
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Long, J., and a jury, at April Term, 1914, of Polk. Indictment for abandonment under section 3355, Eevisal. Verdict,'“Guilty.” Judgment, and defendant excepted and appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Cubiam.
It was urged for error, first, that the indictment should have been dismissed on his motion because there was no proof of abandonment within two years before bill found; second, that the court misdirected the jury as to a renewal of the marital association after the first act of abandonment and within the two years.
The decisions in this State are to the effect that the crime of willful abandonment is not a continuing offense, day by day, but if there has been a complete act of abandonment and no renewal of the association, the act must have occurred within two years next before…
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