State v. Smith

This is an indictment against the defendant for abandonment of bis wife without providing adequate support' for ber and their child, under Revisal, see. 3355. The evidence unfolds a very sad, but revolting, story of this unhappy marriage, caused-by the persistent indifference of'the defendant towards the prosecutrix and his constant neglect of her, which finally culminated in his desertion of his home and his refusal to perform his marriage obligations. He had seduced this woman before their marriage, “with studied, sly, ensnaring art,” and pleaded scriptural authority for his betrayal of her…