State v. Seaton

COMPTON, Justice.

An information was filed against the defendant in Lea County, New Mexico, which charged that “ * * * Jerry Curtis Seaton ■ did abandon his minor children, leáving them without sufficient means of support, or did fail to provide for the support, as far as his ability extended, of his minor children, and thereby left them destitute, * * * ” The defendant waived a trial by jury. A trial to the cotírt resulted in his being found guilty as charged. Judgment was entered accordingly, and the cause is here by appeal.

The pertinent part of the statute under' which appellant was…