State v. Newman
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Information charging the defendant with unlawfully neglecting and refusing to support his wife, brought to the Borough Court of Naugatuck and thence by appeal of the defendant to the District Court of Waterbury and tried to the jury before Reeves, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty, and appeal by the accused.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
This is a complaint under the Public Acts of 1906, chapter 214, p. 410, charging the defendant with unlawfully neglecting and refusing to support his wife who had separated from him. It is undisputed that Elizabeth Newman is the wife of the accused and that he has not supported her. This, as the defendant claims and has offered evidence to prove, was owing to the fault of the wife. This charge was contradicted by the wife and by other witnesses.
The Act upon which this prosecution is based, in part provides: “Every person who shall unlawfully neglect or refuse to support his wife or children…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- State v. SchweitzerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1889
- Belden v. BeldenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1909
- Commonwealth v. HamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- State v. KaragavoorianSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1911
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