Wills v. State

The submission of the case seems to be misunderstood. The State elected to prosecute on the second count in the indictment charging that defendant did "unlawfully and wilfully desert, neglect and refuse to provide for the support * * *" of his minor children named. The jury's verdict reads: "We, the jury, find Eugene Wills guilty of child desertion as charged in the indictment, and assesses his punishment at confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of two (2) years." This eliminates all questions, save and except child desertion. The only defense to that is that his wife cursed him…