WINBORNE, Chief Justice.
The statute, G.S. § 49-2, declares that "Any parent who willfully neglects or who refuses to support and maintain his or her illegitimate child shall be guilty of a misdemeanor * * *."
The only prosecution contemplated under this statute is grounded on the willful neglect or refusal of a parent to support his or her illegitimate child,—the mere begetting of the child not being denominated a crime. State v. Clarke, 220 N...
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