Dyer v. State

The plaintiff in error was tried and convicted in the district court of Oklahoma county, the jury leaving the punishment to' the court, upon an information charging that in said county and state, on the sixth day of July, 1934, Carl I. Dyer “did then and there willfully, unlawfully, wrongfully and feloniously without justifiable or excusable cause abandon and desert his lawful and legitimate child under the age of fifteen years, to wit: Laura Belle Dyer of the age of eight years, and did wholly fail, refuse and neglect to contribute anything to her support, contrary to,” etc.

At the time…