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HARRIS v. STATE

39369.

105 Ga. App. 448 (1962)

124 S.E.2d 696

HARRIS v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied March 6, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Casey Thigpen, for plaintiff in error.

Thomas A. Hutcheson, Solicitor, Dukes & McMillan, contra.

FRANKUM, Judge.

B. F. Harris was convicted of abandoning his three minor children, and his appeal is before this court on the general grounds of his motion for a new trial only. "There are two elements in the offense of abandonment of child: (a) desertion, that is, the willful forsaking and desertion of the duties of parenthood; (b) dependency, that is, leaving such child in a dependent condition. Both elements must be...

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