State v. Walker

70 N.W.2d 177 (1955)

The STATE of Iowa, Appellee,

v.

Donnell Ray WALKER, Appellant.

No. 48707.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 3, 1955.

Verne Benjamin and Thomas O. Tacy, Council Bluffs, for appellant.

Dayton Countryman, Atty. Gen., Raphael R. Dvorak, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Matt Walsh, Pottawattamie County Atty., Council Bluffs, for appellee.

SMITH, Justice.

The indictment (on January 20, 1954) charged "desertion and non-support" alleging: "That defendant * * * did wilfully and without good cause neglect and refuse to provide for his three minor children * * * they being in a destitute condition. In…