· 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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