Section 30-4-59

Suspension of sentence; order of payment of support for wife or children; release of defendant on probation; bond.

At the trial on an entry of a plea of guilty, or after conviction and after judgment and sentence has been imposed, as provided in this article, the judge of the juvenile court in the first instance, or the judge of the circuit court on appeal and trial de novo, may, in his discretion, suspend such judgment and sentence, and, having regard to the circumstances and to the financial ability or earning capacity of the defendant, may make an order, which shall be subject to change by the judge of the juvenile court, from time to time, as circumstances may require, directing the defendant to pay a certain sum periodically to the clerk of the juvenile court for the use of the defendant's wife or for the use of his wife and child or children, or for the use of his child or children, and to release the said defendant from custody on probation, upon his entering into recognizance or bond, with or without surety in the discretion of said judge, in such sum as said judge may order and approve. The conditions of said bond shall be such that if the said defendant shall make his personal appearance in the juvenile court at stated times or whenever ordered to do so by the judge thereof within one year and shall further comply with the terms of such order of support or of any subsequent modification thereof, then such bond or recognizance shall be void, otherwise to remain in full force and effect.

(Acts 1919, No. 181, p. 176; Code 1923, §4488; Code 1940, T. 34, §98.)