Matthews v. State

MORROW, Judge.

Appellant was charged and convicted of deserting and failing to support his wife and three-year-old son. The punishment fixed was confinement in the county jail for a period of six months.

The statute, article 640a, P. C., provides that any husband who shall wilfully, or without justification, desert, neglect or refuse to provide for the support and maintenance of his wife who1 may be in destitute or necessitous circumstances, or any parent who shall wilfully, or without justification, neglect or refuse to provide for the support and maintenance of his child under the age of…