52 Ga. App. 11 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1935
1. “It any father shall wilfully and voluntarily abandon his child, leaving it in a dependent condition, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The wife shall be a competent witness, in such cases, to testify for or against her husband. A child thus abandoned by the father shall be considered to be in a dependent condition when the father does not furnish sufficient food and clothing for the needs of the child.” (Italics ours.) Code of 1933, § 74-9903. “The offense of abandoning one’s child and leaving it in a dependent condition is consummated and, in the legal sense,' committed in the county where the state of the child's dependency upon others begins on account of the withdrawal by the father of his presence and aid in the way of support.” (Italics ours.) Cleveland v. State, 7 Ga. App. 622 (2) (67 S. E. 696); Boyd v. State, 18 Ga. App. 623 (89 S. E. 1091).
3. Section 6-1609 of the Code of 1933, providing that “no judgment of a trial court in a criminal case shall be reversed by either the Supreme Court or [he Court of Appeals for lack of proof of venue or of the time of the commission of the offense, save where the particular point has been specifically raised by a ground of the original or amended motion for a new trial,” is not applicable to a case like the instant one, where the venue was clearly established by the evidence. The court erred in overruling the general grounds of the motion for a new trial.
Judgment-reversed.