McDaniel v. Campbell
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Principal and Surety. Parent and Child. Code. Laws. Before Judge Harden. City Court of Savannah. February Term, 1886. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
This question comes before us on an assignment of error *189in the superior court in dismissing a scire facias to forfeit a recognizance. One point only need be considered, and that is, whether the indictment charging the principal with abandoning his child is a good and valid indictment; for such a defence may be made to the scire facias by the surety. The State vs. Lockhart, 24 Ga. 420; State vs. Woodley and, others, 25 Ga. 235. By the act of 1866, the statute in respect to abandoning children is as follows:
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