STATE v. CRUIKSHANK

No. 10525.

76 S.E.2d 744 (1953)

STATE v. CRUIKSHANK et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided May 26, 1953.

Dissenting Opinion July 14, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. W. Maxwell, Beckley, W. Va., for plaintiffs in error.

John G. Fox, Atty. Gen., T. D. Kauffelt, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.


HAYMOND, President.

On December 10, 1951, the defendant Guy Clarence Cruikshank was tried and convicted by a Justice of the Peace of Clay County of the offense of wilfully neglecting and refusing, without lawful excuse, to provide for support or maintenance of his two legitimate children, under the age of sixteen years, in destitute and necessitous circumstances, under Section 1, Article 8, Chapter 48, Code, 1931, upon a warrant issued by the justice on the sworn...

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