State v. Larger
Supreme Court of Missouri
Jlppeal from St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction. cited 1 Chit. Crim. L. 174, 231; Barb. Crim. L. 319; ,2 Strange, 900; State v. Fitzsim-mons, 30 Mo. 236; Neagles v. State, 10 Mo. 498; State v. Mansfield, 41 Mo. 475. cited State v. Newberry, 43 Mo. 429.
1Opinion of the CourtCurrier, Judge
The defendant seeks to arrest the judgment herein because of the supposed insufficiency of the complaint, which undertakes to set out the facts constituting a misdemeanor. ■ The statute under which it is framed (Acts 1867, p. 112, § 1) enacts that a husband who shall, without good cause, abandon his wife, and who shall also fail to maintain and provide for her, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. The complaint charges that the *511defendant abandoned bis wife and failed to maintain or provide for ber, using “ or” instead of “ and” as a connection between the words “maintain” and “provide.”…
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