People v. Crouse
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Kenneth E. Crouse, from a judgment -of the County Court of Kings county, entered in the office of the -clerk of the county of Kings on the 3"lst day of March, 1903, upon the decision of the court affirming an order of a city magistrate adjudging the defendant to be a disorderly person.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J. :
This is a proceeding under the provisions of section 685 of the revised Greater New York charter (Laws of 1901, chap. 466), the warrant, issued upon the oath of the defendant’s wife, charging him with abandonment of herself and children. The defendant lias been found guilty as charged, and an order confirmed by the County Court directs the payment of six dollars per week for the period of one year. The defendant appeals.
The statute, in so far as it is important in this action, provides : “Every person in the city of New York, as constituted by this act, who actually abandons his…
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