People v. Riggs

The state’s attorney of St. Clair county filed an information in the county court charging defendant with having deserted his two minor children, who were in destitute and necessitous circumstances, in violation of section 24, ch. 68, Ill. Rev. Stat. 1937 [Jones Ill. Stats. Ann. 37.002, 37.012],

A motion for temporary support, based upon section 26 of such act [Ill. Rev. Stat. 1937, ch. 68; Jones Ill. Stats. Ann. 37.004], was duly filed in the cause, but it does not appear to have been passed upon prior to the trial. The section provides that “At any time before the trial, upon motion of the…