State v. . Falkner

Criminal prosecution, tried upon an indictment under C.S. 4447, charging the defendant with willfully abandoning his wife without providing for her adequate support as required by law.

The prosecutrix and defendant were married 2 June, 1918. The defendant enlisted in the Navy three days later, and while stationed in Norfolk, Va., his wife spent some time with him there. He was discharged in January, 1919, and returned to his home in Henderson, where he lived with his wife until July, 1920. Defendant testified that he left the prosecutrix on account of her infidelity, and because she had…