State v. Jackson

The appellee, Jackson, was indicted in the First district of Jones county, Miss., on a charge of violating chapter 155 of the Laws of 1924. The material part of the indictment reads as follows:. . Upon their oaths present that A. L. Jackson on the 1st day of September, 1924, in the county and district aforesaid did unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously, without just cause, desert or willfully neglect or refuse to provide for the support or maintenance of Mrs. A. L. Jackson, his wife, leaving her in destitute or necessitous circumstances, against the peace and dignity of the state of…