State v. Sayre

Appellant and Abbie Sayre were husband and wife, and lived together in Greene County before moving to Des Moines. Afterwards, Mrs. Sayre went back to Greene County, where she secured a divorce from appellant in 1922, and in that proceeding.was awarded the custody of the minor children, hereafter named. Subsequent to this, she returned to Des Moines, and appellant went to Greene County, where he now resides. .

It is claimed by the State that the defendant-appellant, between the first day of January, 1925, and October 28, 1927, désertéd his said minor children, Carmen and Paul, "ages 10 and 12…