McKinnon v. State

The indictment charges that “Aubrey McKinnon, an able-bodied person, did abandon his wife and children, or one or the other of them, without just cause, leaving them, or one or the other of them, without sufficient means of subsistence or in danger of becoming a public charge.” The wife of the defendant was examined as a witness in behalf of the state, and testified that the defendant’s family consisted of the witness and one child; that defendant and the witness were married in November, 1914; that defendant remained with her one night and abandoned her; that the child was horn in June,…