Burch, Jr. v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted under an Act of the Thirtieth Legislature, found on page 133, section 1 of which is as follows:

• “That every person who shall, without good cause, abandon his wife and neglect and refuse to maintain and provide for her, or any person who shall abandon his or her minor child or children, under the age of twelve years, in destitute or necessitous circumstances and wilfully neglect or refuse to maintain or provide for such child or children, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less…