Law v. State

James Ella Walker, the mother of a thirteen year old bastard son who bore the name of Leon Law, made affidavit in the Juvenile Court of Mobile County containing the following, to-wit: "Yulla Law, a parent, did, within twelve months before making this affidavit, without lawful excuse, desert, or wilfully neglect, or refuse to provide for the support and maintenance of his one child under the age of eighteen years, the said child — then and there in destitute or necessitous circumstances — in Mobile County, Alabama."

Warrant of arrest was duly issued, and appellant was duly put upon trial in…