Gray v. State

This appeal was dismissed at a former term of this Court because of an imperfect record. The record has been perfected, the appeal is reinstated and the case will be considered on its merits.

The offense is wife desertion, the penalty a fine of $25.00.

The parties to this controversy are all negroes. The evidence of prosecuting witness, Rosetta Gray, is in substance that she and appellant were married in January, 1927, as a result of appellant's seduction of her. They went to live in the home of appellant's father; that while there there occurred no quarrels or other disagreements between her…