Commonwealth of Pa. v. Nugent

Opinion by

Trexler, J.,

The parties were married in 1908 and have two children, a son and a daughter, who are now sixteen and fourteen years of age, respectively. In June, 1922, after a disagreement, the defendant, without notice to his wife and apparently without any justification, left her and the two children. He provided for them until the 10th of June, 1924. After that he ceased to contribute any substantial amount to their support. He did, however, pay the rent, light and heat of the apartment in which they were living. About the first of September, 1924, the defendant rented an apartment…