People v. Schelske

The respondent is charged by the information filed in this case with having violated the provisions of Act No. 144, Public Acts 1907. It is specifically alleged that on November 1, 1912, and on divers days between that date and October 3, 1914, he wilfully and unlawfully deserted and abandoned his wife and minor child without providing necessary and proper shelter, food, care, clothing, etc. He was found guilty, and the case is brought here on exceptions be-, fore sentence.

The respondent and the complaining witness, his wife, were married in 1899, later divorced, and remarried in 1905. They…