Commonwealth v. Booth

The defendant was indicted and, after plea of not guilty, was convicted of the offence that he did unreasonably neglect to provide for the support of his wife from January 1,1926, to March 5,1928, being then able to provide such support. G. L. c. 273, § 1. The case was tried on an agreed statement of facts. The facts thus displayed are that the defendant and his wife were married in Lowell in this Commonwealth in 1902, and lived there together until 1914, when the defendant was convicted of adultery. Thereafter they ceased to cohabit, although he continued to live in Lowell and to support his…