Jenness v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
EeboR to review a judgment of the county court of Yer-non county: D. O. Mahoket, Judge. This was a criminal prosecution under sec. 4587c, S. & B. Ann. Stats.
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EeboR to review a judgment of the county court of Yer-non county: D. O. Mahoket, Judge. This was a criminal prosecution under sec. 4587c, S. & B. Ann. Stats. The information charged, in substance, that on the 19th day of April, 1897, the plaintiff in error and one Minnie Jenness were husband wife, having one infant child, .and that on said day, at the county of Yernon, the plaintiff in error did unlawfully and unreasonably refuse and neglect to provide for Minnie Jenness, his wife, mid the said minor child, and still so refuses and neglects to provide for his said wife and minor child. Before…
1Opinion of the Court
*W"inslow, J.
1. The contention that the information was bad for duplicity must be overruled. The statute governing the offenses charged in the information was sec. 45810, S. & B. Ann. Stats.; and it provided, in effect, that if a parent, being of sufficient ability, shall unreasonaWy refuse or neglect to provide for his or her minor child, or if, being a husband, he shall, under like circumstances, refuse or neglect to provide for his wife, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be jDunished by imprisonment, etc. The rule is that “ where a statute makes it a crime…
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