Gravitt v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Reversing.

Edward Gravitt was indicted in the Clark circuit court under section 331i-1, Kentucky Statutes, 1928 Supplement, for deserting his infant children under the age of 16 years and, upon his trial, was convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of two years. The statute under which he was indicted reads, in part: ‘ ‘ The parent of any child or children residing in this Commonwealth who shall leave, desert or abandon sai'd child or children under the age of sixteen years, leaving said child or children in destitute or indigent circumstances…