People v. Driscoll

An information was filed against defendant charging,—

“That John Driscoll on November 1, 1920, and thence continually to February 2, 1921, at the City and County of Denver, Colorado, being then and there a man residing in this State then and there unlawfully and feloniously did willfully neglect fail and refuse to provide reasonable support and maintenance for his wife, Mary Driscoll, and minor children, Ellen, aged 13 years and Genevieve, age 11 years.”

To that information defendant filed his plea in abatement and motion to quash. From an adverse ruling thereon the people prosecute this writ…