State v. Ellison

In order to convict the defendant of the offense charged in the warrant herein, the burden was upon the State to show beyond a reasonable doubt not only that he was the father of the child, hut that he had refused or neglected to support and maintain it, and that such refusal •or neglect was willful, that is, intentionally done “without just cause, excuse or justification/’ after notice and request for support. S. v. Stiles, 228 N.C. 137, 44 S.E. 2d 728; S. v. Hayden, 224 N.C. 779, 32 S.E. 2d 333.

The warrant charges the defendant with the willful failure to support his illegitimate child.…