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PEOPLE v. JAMES

No. 16126.

89 Ill. App.3d 157 (1980)

411 N.E.2d 563

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ANTON JAMES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed October 14, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry J. Plawer, of R.P. O'Connell, Ltd., of Quincy, for appellant.

Charles H. Burch, State's Attorney, of Hardin (Gary J. Anderson and Karen L. Boyaris, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE WEBBER delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal presents a question not heretofore passed upon by the reviewing courts of this State, namely, the meaning of the words, "without any lawful excuse," as used in section 1 of the Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 40, par. 1101).

The defendant and his former wife were married in 1948. Five children were born as issue of the marriage. The...

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