State v. . Johnson

Does chapter 228 of the Public Laws of 1933 create a continuing offense? This is the one question involved on this appeal. If the act does not create a continuing offense, the defendant’s plea of former jeopardy must be sustained. If it does create a continuing offense, his conviction upon a charge of willfully failing and neglecting to support his illegitimate child prior to 2 April, 1937, is a bar only to any further proceedings on account of his conduct prior to the date of his conviction. The defendant, through his counsel, consented that the second issue submitted to the jury should be…