Beaver v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

— Appellant Appellant was convicted for wilfully deserting, neglecting and refusing to provide for the support and maintenance of his minor child, and his punishment assessed at a fine of fifty dollars.

Our statute, Article 640A, of the Penal Code, Chapter 101, Section 1, of the Acts of the Legislature of- 1913 provides for the punishment of:

“ ... any parent who shall wilfully or without justification, desert, neglect or refuse to provide for the support and maintenance of his or her child or children under the age .of sixteen years in destitute or necessitous circumstances . .

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