Gardner v. State

Appellant, Eugene Richard Gardner, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged, tried and convicted in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, for the offense of Child Abandonment; his punishment was fixed at seven (7) years imprisonment, and from said judgment and sentence, a timely appeal has been perfected to this Court.

At the trial, Betty Lou Gardner testified that she married the defendant on December 27, 1948. From said marriage, three children were born, Richard Lee Gardner, born May 26, 1950, Scott Eugene Gardner, born September 25, 1956, and Valerie Lynn Gardner, born…