McDermott v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Muskogee county on a charge of wife abandonment and sentenced to serve a term of one year in the state penitentiary.

The record discloses that on June 25, 1923, the defendant, who was 20 years of age, married Ruby Newman, who was just under the age of 16; 4% months later she gave birth to a child. We gather from the record that the marriage was in settlement of a criminal prosecution against the defendant, but whether seduction or rape does not appear. Immediately after the marriage ceremony, the…