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        "text": "Winborne, C. J.\nThe statute, G.S. 49-2, declares that \u201cany parent who willfully neglects or who refuses to support and maintain his or her illegitimate child shall be guilty of a misdemeanor . . .\u201d\nThe only prosecution contemplated under this statute is grounded on the willful neglect or refusal of a parent to support his or her illegitimate child, \u2014 the mere begetting of the child not being denominated a crime. S. v. Clarke, 220 N.C. 392, 17 S.E. 2d 468; S. v. Dill, 224 N.C. 57, 29 S.E. 2d 145; S. v. Stiles, 228 N.C. 137, 44 S.E. 2d 728; S. v. Bowser, 230 N.C. 330, 53 S.E. 2d 282; S. v. Thompson, 233 N.C. 345, 64 S.E. 2d 157; S. v. Robinson, 236 N.C. 408, 72 S.E. 2d 857; S. v. Chambers, 238 N.C. 373, 78 S.E. 2d 209.\nLikewise the failure of a father to pay the expenses of the mother incident to the birth of the illegitimate child is not a criminal offense. S. v. Thompson, supra.\nIn the Clarke case, supra, opinion by Devin, J., later C. J., this Court stated in respect to the offense defined in G.S. 49-2: \u201cWillfulness is one of the essential elements of the offense. This must be charged in the warrant . . . Its omission is not cured by C.S. 4623 (now G.S. 15-153),\u201d citing cases.\nIn the light of the statute, as so interpreted by this Court, it appears upon the face of the record proper that the warrant fails to allege the essential element of willfulness. This is a fatal defect in the warrant. Hence motion in arrest of judgment should be allowed. S. v. Clarke, supra. The Attorney-General so concedes.\nNevertheless, this statute G.S. 49-2, as interpreted by this Court, creates a continuing offense. S. v. Chambers, supra, citing S. v. Johnson, 212 N.C. 566, 194 S.E. 319; S. v. Bradshaw, 214 N.C. 5, 197 S.E. 564; S. v. Davis, 223 N.C. 54, 25 S.E. 2d 164; S. v. Robinson, supra.\nHence the decision here will not preclude further prosecution in keeping with the existing factual situation. \u00a3. v. Perry, 241 N.C. 119, 84 S.E. 2d 329.\nFor reason stated\nJudgment arrested.",
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        "author": "Winborne, C. J."
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      "Attorney-General Patton and Assistant Attorney-General Bruton for the State.",
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    "head_matter": "STATE v. EDWARD COPPEDGE.\n(Filed 10 October, 1956.)\n1. Bastards \u00a7 1\u2014\nTbe offense proscribed by G.S. 49-2 is tbe willful refusal of a parent to support his or her illegitimate child, and neither the begetting of the child nor the failure of the father to pay expenses of the mother incident to the birth of the child, is an offense under the statute.\n2. Bastards \u00a7 4: Criminal Daw \u00a7 56\u2014\nWhere a warrant under G.S. 49-2 fails to allege that defendant\u2019s failure ,to support his illegitimate child was willful, the warrant is fatally defective and motion in arrest of judgment must be allowed.\n8. Bastards \u00a7 1: Criminal Daw \u00a7 2434 \u2014\nSince the willful failure to support an illegitimate child is a continuing-offense, arrest of judgment on an invalid warrant will not preclude a subsequent prosecution.\nAppeal by defendant from Parker (J. W.J, J., at May 1956 Term, of Nash.\nCriminal prosecution upon a warrant issued 22 February, 1956, out of the Recorder\u2019s Court of Nash County, upon affidavit of Ivory Alston \u25a0charging \u201cthat ... on or about...... day of May, 1955, Edward Cop-\npedge did unlawfully, wilfully beget upon the body of Beatrice Alston .an illegitimate child now the age of 3 days and he has failed and refused to provide support and maintenance for said child and to pay doctor\u2019s bill, contrary to the form of the statute . . .,\u201d heard in Superior Court on the original warrant, upon appeal thereto by defendant, from judgment of Recorder\u2019s Court.\nVerdict: Guilty of bastardy, as charged in the warrant.\nJudgment: Imprisonment, suspended on conditions stated.\nDefendant appeals therefrom to Supreme Court and assigns error.\nAttorney-General Patton and Assistant Attorney-General Bruton for the State.\nW. 0. Rosser for Defendant Appellant."
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