Garrison v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Cleburne Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. Hugh D. Merrill. Steve Garrison was convicted of decoying from the custody of the father his three minor girls, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, P. J.
The appellant was convicted of the offense denounced by section 6212 of Code 1907. The evidence shows that the girls alleged to have been decoyed away from their father’s custody were 13, 15, and 16 years of age; and appellant’s only contention is that neither of these girls was á child within the meaning of this section of the Code. Its language is that: “Any person who unlawfully takes or decoys away any child with intent to detain or conceal it from its parents, guardian,. or other person having the lawful charge of it, or who unlawfully detains any child from its parents, guardian, or…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Miller v. FineganSupreme Court of Florida · 1890
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