Case Name: STATE v. COLLINS
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1923-02-13
Citations: 123 S.C. 487
Docket Number: 11141
Parties: STATE v. COLLINS
Judges: 
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 123
Pages: 487–488

Head Matter:
11141
STATE v. COLLINS
(116 S. E., 926)
Husband and Wife.—Where wife took the children and left the home provided by the husband, a conviction for non-support will not stand.
Before McIvEr, J., York, 1921.
Reversed.
A. E. Collins indicted for non-support of his wife and children and upon conviction appeals.
The testimony briefly stated was to the effect that Mrs. Collins was in ill health; that while her husband was at work she took the children and went to her people. Collins then went to his mother’s home. They had been separated about two years.
Messrs. Wilson & Wilson, for appellant,
cite. Case similar to 114 S. C„ 191; 99 S. E., 813; 111 S'. C., 496.
Messrs. J. K. Henry, Solicitor, and Thos. F. McDow, for the State.
February 13, 1923.

Opinion:
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Cothran.
Appeal by defendant from conviction under an indictment charging him with a violation of Section 697 of the Criminal Code, non-support of his wife and children. The sole ground of appeal is the refusal of the Circuit Judge to direct a verdict for the defendant. It will serve no useful purpose to review the testimon)*- in the case. It is sufficient to say that a careful consideration of it leads us to the conclusion that the appeal is controlled by the cases of State v. Scurry, 114 S. C., 191; 103 S. E., 527, and State v. Tucker (S. C.), 110 S. E., 398, and that the motion should have been granted. The judgment of this Court is that the judgment of the Circuit Court be reversed, and that the case be remanded to that Court, with instructions to direct a verdict for the defendant under Rule 27 (90 S. E., xii).