State v. Sonnier
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Lafayette; William Campbell, Judge. Alfred Sonnier was convicted of violation of Acts 1902, No. 34, by abandoning and neglecting to support bis wife and minor child in necessitous circumstances. From the overruling of motions to have the verdict and sentence annulled and set aside and for new trial, tbe defendant excepts and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
The defendant, appellant, was convicted of abandoning and neglecting to support his wife and minor child in necessitous circumstances, in violation of Act No. 34 of 1902. He was sentenced to pay to his wife and child $50 a month for one year, and was ordered to give a bond with solvent surety for $500 to secure the monthly payments; and, as an alternative sentence, he was condemned to serve a term of one year in jail, in the event of a default in his monthly payments. The $600 to be paid to the wife and child was imposed as a “fine,” in addition to which the defendant was condemned to pay the…
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