State v. Stone

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice StabeER.

This is a criminal action, under the statute, for failure to support a minor child. Defendant and his wife were married in July, 1928, and lived together until April, 1929, when she left him and returned to the home of her parents. In July, 1929, while she was living with them, a child was born to her, and it is for failure to- support this child that defendant was indicted. The child has been in the possession of the wife at the home of her parents, who have supported it since its birth.

At the trial of the case defendant presented…