State v. Wonderly

This is a prosecution, commenced before a justice of the peace, for abandonment of a wife and child, under Rev. Stat., sect. 1273. The affidavit of a private citizen was first filed charging the offense, and on this the justice-issued a warrant and caused the defendant to be brought before him. Upon this appearance, the prosecuting attorney for the county filed a formal information whereupon the prisoner was tried before a jury and found guilty. He appealed to the circuit court, wherein the prosecuting attorney, on leave, filed an amended information. There was another jury trial, which…