Preston v. State

Allen, District Judge.

The plaintiff in error, Elmont F. Preston, was convicted of tbe crime of abandoning and wilfully neglecting and *849refusing to provide for Ms minor child, Robert Elmont Preston, under section 8614, Rev. St. 1913, and from a judgment of guilty on the verdict and a sentence to one year’s imprisonment in the penitentiary, he has brought the case to this court for review. For convenience, the parties will remain classified as they were-in the district court.

January 28, 1921, the county attorney filed a complMnt in the district court for Otoe county containing two counts, the…