Furlow v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 2, Harris County. Tried •below before the Hon. Murray B. Jones. Appeal from a conviction of wife desertion; penalty, a fine of $100. The' opinion states the ease. On question of insufficiency of the evidence: State v. Eice, 106 Ind., 139; People v. Miller, 63 N. Y. S., 949; Burton v. Commonwealth, 63 S. B. Eep., 464; State v. Lasley, 151 •S. W. Eep., 752; Windom v. State, 56 Texas Crim.
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Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 2, Harris County. Tried •below before the Hon. Murray B. Jones. Appeal from a conviction of wife desertion; penalty, a fine of $100. The' opinion states the ease. On question of insufficiency of the evidence: State v. Eice, 106 Ind., 139; People v. Miller, 63 N. Y. S., 949; Burton v. Commonwealth, 63 S. B. Eep., 464; State v. Lasley, 151 •S. W. Eep., 752; Windom v. State, 56 Texas Crim. Eep., 198; Brown v. State, 119 N. W. Eep., 338; State v. Macklin, 86 Mo. App., 636; Irving v. State, 73 Texas Crim. Eep., 615, 166 S. W. Eep., 1166. On question of…
1Opinion of the Court
HAEPBE, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of deserting his wife in destitute < and necessitous chrcunastances, and his punishment .assessed ■at a fine of $100.
The statute under which appellant was indicted reads: “That 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 destitute or necessitous circumstances, shall be punished by a fine, etc.” Art. 640a, Penal Code.
The law is not unconstitutional, and the information charges an offense under the law. As the record is presented, there is but one…
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