Ragsdale v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Turner, Commissioner—

Affirming.

Appellant was indicted under the provisions of section 331Í-1, Kentucky Statutes, charged with the'desertion and abandonment of his infant child nnder the age of sixteen years, leaving the same in destitute or indi*751gent circumstances and without making provision for its board, clothing and proper care.

On his trial he was found guilty, and the trial court having declined to give him a new trial, he has appealed. He complains, (1), that the court erred to his prejudice in refusing a directed verdict of not guilty; (2), that incompetent…