State v. Bess
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Third District; Son. F. O. Loofbourow, .Judge. [Robert E. Bess was convicted of having willfully neglected and refused to provide for the support of his minor children. He appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
McCABTY, O. L
The defendant was tried and convicted in the district court of Salt Lake County of the crime of having, on the 1st day of August, 1911, and continuously thereafter until the filing of the information (December 27, 1911), willfully neglected and refused, without just cause or excuse, to provide for the support and maintenance of Leona May Bess, aged thirteen years, Inez Bess, aged eight years, and Eva Bess, aged five years, he being then and there the father of said children, all of whom, it is alleged in the information, were in destitute and necessitous circumstances. The…
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