Code § 74-9902 provides: "If any father shall wilfully and voluntarily abandon his child, leaving it in a dependent condition, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor." Therefore, to constitute abandonment and to render valid the defendant's conviction thereof, two material facts must appear: (1) that the father wilfully and voluntarily abandoned or deserted the child, and (2) that the child was left by reason...
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