Fekany v. State

In this case the defendant was arraigned on an information charging desertion and withholding support from his wife and children, a felony by statute, to which information he pleaded not guilty. When the case came on for trial it appeared that the Solicitor had amended the information by striking out all reference to the wife, without obtaining leave of the court so to do, and without re-swearing to the information as amended, and without a re-filing of the amended information. Nor was the defendant arraigned and given an opportunity to plead to the amended information, which amendment was a…