Elms v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the county court of Upshur County of wife desertion, and his punishment fixed at a fine of $250.00 and thirty days in the county jail.

In as much as the ease must be reversed because of the insuffieience of the testimony, we will not discuss the other questions raised.

Appellant’s wife testified that they were married on the 30th of September, 1922, and that they remained together as husband and wife but a very short time. Appellant left her at her father’s home, telling her that he would come back that afternoon,, but he did not come back. She said…