Legal Opinion
Hatch v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided March 10, 1915No. 3464PublishedCited by 5 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
PRENDERGAST, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted for wife and child desertion, and his punishment assessed at one year confinement in the county jail.
The complaint and information were filed in the County Court of Fayette County on December 29, 1914. They properly charge the offense. Ho complaint that they do not' has been made.
The prosecution was had under the Act of April 2, 1913, page 188, the first section of which prescribes: “Any husband who shall wilfully or without justification, desert, neglect or refuse to provide for the support and maintenance of his wife who may be in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Baskins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
3Cited by5 opinions
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