Commonwealth v. Ehrhart

Opinion by

Stadtfeld, J.,

This is a non-support case under the Act of 1867. On July 30, 1934, the prosecutrix made an information before a Justice of the Peace alleging that her husband, the defendant, by his conduct toward her had obliged her to leave their common habitation on April 8, 1934, taking with her their adopted daughter, aged eight years, and alleging that the defendant had neglected to maintain her and their daughter since May 8, 1934. The defendant was arrested and bound over to the court of Quarter Sessions. Testimony was taken before the court and on February 26, 1935, the court…