State of Missouri v. Hobbs

— This is a prosecution by information under section 3274, Revised Statutes 1919, as amended in 1921 (Session Acts 1921, p. 281). The information was filed September 9,1925, by the prosecuting attorney of Cape Girardeau county before a justice of the peace in that county, and charged that the defendant wilfully and unlawfully and without good cause failed, neglected and refused to maintain and provide necessities for his two minor children, between August, 1924, and August, 1925, in the county of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Defendant was convicted in the justice court and appealed to the…