Commonwealth v. Whiston

The defendant was found guilty by a judge of the Superior Court sitting without jury, and fined $10, upon a complaint under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 273, § 1 (see now St. 1939, c. 177), which charged that the defendant unreasonably neglected to provide for the support of his wife. The case comes here on report. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 278, § 30.

The evidence showed that the defendant earned $46 a week. The wife earned $17 a week as a temporary bookkeeper at the welfare department of the city of Boston, and $11 a week for night work of some sort at a theatre. In addition, she received $17 a week as…