State v. Cheney

BROADDUS, Presiding Judge.

The defendants, William Glen Cheney and his wife, Irene Marie Cheney, were convicted in the Circuit Court of Morgan County of violating the compulsory school attendance laws. The punishment of each was fixed at a fine of $10 and ten days imprisonment in the Morgan County jail. Defendants have appealed.

The defendants are charged with a violation of Section 164.010, RSMo 1949, V. A.M.S., which provides that every parent having charge, control or custody of a child between the ages of seven and fourteen years shall cause such child to attend regularly some day school…