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· 12/20/1929

The People v. Sampson

Citations

  • 169 N.E. 772
  • 337 Ill. 643

How courts have described this case

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  • upholding statute making it a felony for a father to fail to provide for a child on the reasoning that \[mlinor children are the subject of the solicitude of the law because it is assumed that until maturity they are not capable of protecting themselves.\
  • upholding statute making it a felony for a father to fail to provide for a child on the reasoning that \[m]inor children are the subject of the solicitude of the law because it is assumed that until maturity they are not capable of protecting themselves.\

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Judges: Farmer

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