State v. Barton

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Associate Justice Baker.

The defendant, Walter F. Barton, was indicted at the May, 1940, term of the Court of General Sessions for Anderson County for abandonment of and failure to supply the actual necessaries of life to his wife.

This case was transferred for trial before a Special Magistrate in said County. A trial of the case resulted in a verdict of guilty, and the defendant was duly sentenced. Upon the trial, and at the conclusion of the State’s case, the defendant made a motion for a directed verdict of not guilty on grounds stated, which…