Davis v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

— Conviction for wife and child desertion; punishment, a fine of $25.00.

On January 12, 1926, a sixteen year old boy, without profession, means or property to .support a wife, married a fifteen year old girl, apparently over the opposition of relatives on both sides. On September 8, 1927, as an almost reasonable sequence, the brother of the wife filed complaint against the boy for desertion of his wife and baby. The wife was then expecting another child, which had come at the time of this trial. The case was tried before the judge without a jury. There was but one bill of…