Whitton v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted in the Circuit Court of Walton County upon an indictment in two counts, the first count charging desertion of the wife, and the second count charging withholding means of support from the wife, each count alleging that there was not existing at the time of the act complained of any such case or causes as are made ground or grounds of divorce in the State of Florida.

There was a general verdict and under the authority of the decision in the case of Washington v. the State, 51 Fla. 137; 40 Sou. 765, such verdicts are held to apply to each count of the…