State v. Scurry
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before McIvrr, J., Richland, Spring term, 1920. James Scurry was indicted for nonsupport. Upon conviction, defendant appeals. cite: Husband, has right to choose domicile and wife cannot command support elsewhere unless forced to leave his home by mistreatmept: Wise v. Wise, 60 S. C. 447; Levin v. Levin, 68 S. C. 123. oral argument for the State.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Fraser.
The defendant was indicted for failure to support his wife and children. The charge was withdrawn in so far as it affected the wife.
The record shows that the defendant maintained a home for himself and family at Booker Washington Heights, near Columbia; that for somé reason, not stated in the record, the wife left the family home and took the children with her; that she forbade the children to return to their father’s house or to receive presents from him, and punished them when they disobeyed the prohibition; that the defendant…
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