State v. Wood

Taylor, C.

The defendant was convicted of the crime of abandoning his infant child and appeals from an order denying a new trial. He contends that the verdict is not justified by the evidence, and that the court erred in its rulings on the admission of testimony and in its charge to the jury.

The defendant was married in April, 1920, and he and his wife took up their residence on a farm owned by his father in Olmsted county where they resided until January, 1925. Two children were born to them on the farm. Although defendant had the use of the farm without rent, his farming operations seem to…