Land v. State
Citations
- 71 Fla. 270
Syllabus
<p>1. A minor husband who is able by his labors to support his wife and child may be held criminally for withholding that support, under a statute aimed at delinquent husbands.</p> <p>2. In a prosecution against a husband for withholding support from his wife, though adultery be a defense, general reputation of the wife for chastity is inadmissible.</p> <p>3. Occurrences arising subsequent to the separation and having no connection therewith are inadmissible in evidence in behalf of a husband charged with wife desertion.</p>
Judges: Cockrell, Ellis, Illness, Reason, Shackleford, Taylor, Whitfield
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5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Sutton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1906-02-15· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. GrahamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1892-06-24· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. GrayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1880-09-06· cited 24×
- Welch v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 1915-01-15· cited 7×
- People v. ToddMichigan Supreme Court· 1886-04-29· cited 6×
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