State v. Hellams

Mr. Chiee Justice Baker

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from a conviction and sentence of the appellant on the charge of non-support of his minor children, under Section 1123 of the Code of 1942.

The indictment as drawn charged the non-support of the appellant’s wife and minor children. The grand jury very properly returned a “no bill” as to the wife^ but returned a “true bill” as to the minor children.

We will very briefly state the relevant facts. The prosecutrix and the appellant had lived together as man and wife for about seventeen years, during which time there were…