State v. Tucker
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before J. Harry Foster, Special Judge, Anderson, April, 1921. Ralph Tucker indicted for non-support and upon conviction appeals. cite: Husband has right to choose domicile and wife cannot demand support elsewhere: 60 S. C., 447 ; 68 S. C., 123; Crim. Code 1921, Sec. 697; 114 S. C., 191. Oral argument.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr.- Justice Cothran.
Appeal by defendant from conviction under an indictment charging him with a violation of Section 697 of the Criminal Code, failure to support his wife and child.
The sole ground of appeal is the refusal of the Circuit Judge to grant the defendant’s motion for the direction of a verdict of not guilty. It will serve no useful purpose to review the testimony in the case. Upon a careful consideration of it we are satisfied that the testimony shows largely from her own statements, indisputably, that the wife refused to live with her…
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