Monroe v. State

HAWKINS, Presiding Judge.

Conviction is for wife and child desertion, punishment one year in the penitentiary.

The indictment was returned on September 18, 1941. It contained two counts. The first charged desertion of the wife who was alleged to be in necessitous circumstances. The second charged desertion and failure to support the children. The offense is alleged to have occurred on or about January 1, 1941. For some reason appellant was not tried until February 24, 1943, one year and seven months after being indicted. In February, 1942, appellant’s wife had secured a divorce. At the time of…