Barnes v. State

The appellant, Walter L. Barnes, was informed against, charging him with a violation of section 250, Penal Code of 1913, the willful abandonment of his wife, leaving her in a destitute condition. Upon a trial the jury, on the twenty-eighth day of September, 1917, returned a verdict, of guilty. On October 2, 1917, the appellant filed a motion for a new trial, which motion was on said date denied. On the third day of October, 1917, the following appears from the minute entries, omitting the formal title of the cause:

“Comes now L. M. Laney, county attorney, present on the part of the state, the…