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STATE v. SIMS

No. 40518.

57 So.2d 177 (1952)

220 La. 532

STATE v. SIMS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 14, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Isaac Wahlder, Alexandria, for defendant-appellant.

Bolivar E. Kemp, Jr., Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ben F. Thompson, Jr., Dist. Atty., and George M. Foote, Asst. Dist. Atty., Alexandria, for appellee.

McCALEB, Justice.

Appellant was charged, tried and convicted of the offense of "criminal neglect of family" in that he intentionally deserted and failed to support his illegitimate minor child, in destitute circumstances, in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:74, as amended by Act No. 164 of 1950.1 Following the imposition of a sentence to serve 12 months in the parish jail, he prosecuted this appeal relying, in the main, on a motion to quash the...

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