Legal Opinion

State v. Stout

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided October 20, 1908PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from Cedar District Court.— HoN. F. 0. Ellison, Judge. PeosecutioN for abandonment and desertion by defendant of bis wife and child. There was a verdict against defendant, and he was sentenced to confinement in the reformatory at Anamosa for one year. From this sentence he appeals.—

1Opinion of the Court

McClaiN, J.—

It was charged in the indictment that defendant on or about the 2d day of June, 1901, in Cedar county, then and there being the lawfully wedded husband of Elsa Stout and the father of and having a minor child of the age of about one year, unlawfully and without cause did willfully neglect and refuse to maintain and provide for his said wife, she being in a destitute condition, and without good cause did willfully abandon his said child which was his legitimate child under the age of sixteen years of age, leaving such child in a destitute condition, and without good cause did…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State v. SchweitzerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1889
  2. State ex rel. Mioton v. BakerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
  3. People v. Brady, New York Court of Session, Albany County1895
  4. Commonwealth v. HamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
  5. State v. HoonNebraska Supreme Court · 1907

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. State v. DvoracekSupreme Court of Iowa · 1908
  2. State v. GillmoreSupreme Court of Kansas · 1913
  3. State v. FullerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1909
  4. State v. LancasterSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1926
  5. Dean v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1934

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