State v. Tanner

McCALEB, Justice.

Athens Tanner was convicted in the Juvenile Court for the Parish of Ascension of violating Article 74 of the Criminal Code (now LSA-R.S. 14:74) in that he wilfully neglected to provide for the support of his five minor children, whose ages range from seven to fifteen years. Following a sentence of imprisonment in the Parish jail for six months, which was suspended on condition that he pay $125 per month for the support of his children, he prosecuted this appeal, relying on five bills of exception for a reversal of the conviction.

The first bill was taken to the overruling of a…