State v. Gersdorf

Act No. 34, p. 42, of 1902, provides that:

“Any person who shall, without just cause, desert or willfully neglect to provide for the support of his wife or minor children in destitute or necessitous circumstances, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by,” etc.

Defendant was charged before the juvenile court (which court is given cognizance by law of all such offenses) as follows :

“Did unlawfully and without just cause desert and neglect to provide for the support of Jessie and Bertha Gersdorf, his minor children and lawful issue, and the aforesaid minor children of said…