Caylor v. Blue

Code 1923, c. 157, §§ 4479 to 4495, inclusive, is preventive and corrective in purpose.

• To desert or willfully neglect or fail to support the wife without just cause is made a misdemeanor, punishable by fine or sentence to hard labor, or both. Code, § 4480. This preventive feature is expressive of the same legislative policy as the existing law. Code, § 5571, subd. 8.

But' the new statute also looks to present and. future support by the delinquent husband. To this end the fine, when collected, inures to the benefit of the wife, and, if sentenced to hard labor, the county is charged with the…