Busch v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted under an information filed in the Criminal Court of Record in Dade County, wherein it was charged that he on the 23rd day of June, 1928, withheld the means of support from his wife, Alice Roland Busch, there not existing at said time any ground or grounds for divorce.

One of the grounds for divorce in this State is, ‘ ‘ Extreme cruelty by defendant to complainant. ’ ’ Another is ‘ ‘ Habitual indulgence by defendant in violent and ungovernable temper. ’ ’ This Court, in Williams v. Williams, 23 Fla. 324, 2 So. R. 768, say:

Extreme cruelty as a cause for…