Peacock v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
From Newton Circuit Court; C. W. Hanley, Judge. Prosecution by The State of Indiana against Erastus Peacock. From a judgment of conviction, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, C. J.
Appellant was convicted of wife desertion, under §2635 Burns 1908, Acts 1907 p. 75. His motions to quash the indictment and for a new trial were respectively overruled.
1. The only objection pointed out to the indictment is that it does not sufficiently charge that the desertion was felonious. The pertinent part of the indictment is as follows: “That Erastus Peacock, on November 5, 1907, at the county and state aforesaid, did then and there unlawfully and felon desert his wife, Florence Peacock, leaving her without reasonable means of support, she, said Florence Peacock, having never been…
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