State v. Brinkman

The defendant was arrested, tried and convicted, upon an information filed by the assistant prosecuting attorney of the St. Louis court of criminal correction. It was charged in the information that the defendant in the city of St. Louis, on or about the first day of January, 1889, did unlawfully, without good cause, abandon his wife, and did neglect, refuse and fail to provide for her,” etc. The information was drawn under section 1278 (Revised Statutes, 1879), which is as follows: “If any man shall, without good cause, abandon or desert his wife * * * and shall fail, neglect or refuse to…