State v. . Beam
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by tbe defendant from Long, J., at July Term, 1920, of BtjNgombe. Tbis is an indictment of tbe defendant for tbe willful abandonment of bis wife without providing adequate support for ber.
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Appeal by tbe defendant from Long, J., at July Term, 1920, of BtjNgombe. Tbis is an indictment of tbe defendant for tbe willful abandonment of bis wife without providing adequate support for ber. O. S., 4447. They were married on 25 January, 1912, and be abandoned ber on 5 April, 1916, but tbey lived together a short time in the fall of 1916, when be again abandoned ber and went to Georgia to live, the wife remaining in Asheville, N. 0. The defendant provided bis wife with money by remittances from time to time for ber support. These contributions were made to a time within the two years next…
1Opinion of the Court
"Waíicee, J.
There are only two material questions in the case:
1. Is the prosecution barred by the statute of limitations? This was presented in several ways by the defendant, who set up the bar. The facts bearing upon this contention are that defendant willfully abandoned bis wife at Asheville, where tbey lived, in April, 1916, and went to the State of Georgia, making bis home there. He promised to send ber money from time to time for ber support, and did so until tbey became reconciled in the fall of that year for a short while, a few days, and during that time lived and cohabited together…
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