People v. Goodwin

The information made by the defendant’s wife charges him with being a disorderly person in that he has neglected to support her in accordance to his means. It alleges that she is not possessed of any property; that she is living with a sister who is asking board, which she has no means of paying; that the defendant, while earning twenty-eight dollars to thirty-four dollars weekly has for the past two weeks, contributed nothing to her support. The defendant challenges the sufficiency of the information in that it does not allege she is “ in danger of becoming a burden upon the public.” It does…